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Woodcat Coffee
Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Woodcat Coffee is an independently owned neighborhood coffee shop and roaster in Echo Park, Los Angeles, founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife coffee veterans Saadat and Janine Awan, who built the business with "little money, lots of heart, and their own hands." In 2020 they began roasting their own coffee in-house and later opened a second café, Dinosaur Coffee, in Silver Lake. The team travels to origin to build direct relationships with producers, with community "at the heart of what we do."
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Woodcat Coffee — Echo Park
1532 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026Mon–Fri 6:00am–6:00pm, Sat–Sun 7:00am–6:00pm
+1 213-537-0147Coffees
5 coffees
A classic Gedeb-region Ethiopian profile from smallholder farmers of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union — floral and light as hand-brew, brighter and deeper as batch or espresso. $3 per bag goes to a YCFCU school computer-lab fundraiser. Source: woodcatcoffee.com.
Apricot, jasmine, peach
Winner of a blind-tasting shootout for matching the Dinocat espresso profile — rich cacao-nib and ripe cherry, decaffeinated via the Swiss Water process. Works as espresso or filter. Source: woodcatcoffee.com.
Cherry, roasted almond, dark chocolate
Woodcat's flagship on-bar espresso blend — a "portmanteau" of their two cafés — with a nutty, chocolatey body and bright cherry notes, easy with milk or plant milk. Source: woodcatcoffee.com.
Grapefruit, black cherry, canelé
A 4th-year micro-lot partnership with Catracha Coffee's David Argueta — a "Third Payment" premium goes back to the producer and pickers. Limited micro-lot. Source: woodcatcoffee.com.
Tangelo, honey, dulce de leche
A washed coffee from Kenyan producer Elizabeth Waithera in Murang'a County — crisp, tea-like texture with lively lemon acidity, recommended as pour-over or iced. Source: woodcatcoffee.com.
Black tea, lemon, jasmine