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City Bean Roasters
West Adams / Jefferson Park, Los Angeles, CA
City Bean Roasters has roasted coffee in Los Angeles since 1992, starting from a tiny Westwood storefront and growing into a wholesale and retail roaster that still runs vintage Probat roasters from 1926 and 1963. The company describes itself as democratically run, distributing 20% of after-tax profits to staff and giving 5% to charitable causes, with a stated focus on transparency, sustainability, and sourcing quality coffee at fair prices. Alongside its wholesale, private-label, and toll-roasting programs, City Bean operates a walk-in retail shop at its Jefferson Blvd roastery.
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City Bean Roasters — The Shop
5051 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016Mon–Sat 9:00am–4:00pm, closed Sunday
+1 888-248-9232Coffees
24 coffees
Named for the year City Bean began, '92 reprises the medium-roast espresso profile served at the original Westwood cafe — a natural-Brazil base enhanced with Indonesian depth and African brightness. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Almond, orange, cocoa
A multigenerational family lot from Adilson Moreira Soares, continuing a farm his grandfather planted — the site's own copy quotes him crediting "the deep melody of the heart" over technique for the coffee's quality. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Dates, pecan, earthy
Named for the frog-populated lagoon on JASAL's farm in Apaneca, Ahuachapán — a family operation that pulps ripened cherries and dries them on clay patios, still coated in mucilage, for a honey-processed cup. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Cashew, apricot, daisy
A lively, fruity water-processed decaf espresso built to shine in milk-based drinks. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Baking spice, almond, cocoa
A grade-1 washed coffee from the Banko Gotiti wet mill in Kochere district, which processes cherries from roughly 650 local farmers in the Yirgacheffe region before a 12-15 day raised-bed sun-dry. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Peach tea, honeysuckle, candied lemons
The decaf counterpart to Gaia — a smooth, water-processed light roast with brightness and depth for any time of day. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Honey, poached pears, comfort
Created by City Bean roasters Yudi and Sabs and named for the Greek earth goddess as a tribute to the feminine — a complex, certified-organic light-roast blend. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Honey, Asian pear, comfort
A sustainable second-level coffee association founded in 2013 by six small producer organizations across Huehuetenango and El Quiché, now spanning six co-ops. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Apple candy, milk chocolate, juicy
A versatile, certified-organic light-roast espresso blend built for a clean balance of sweetness and acidity. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Hazelnut, jammy, floral, clean & balanced
Directly sourced from more than 300 women producers in the Lempira and Ocotepeque regions via exporter Becamo's Recuperando mi Cafetal program (now part of NKG BLOOM) — a fully washed regional blend named for the Greek earth goddess. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Honeyed almonds, green grape, orange
City Bean's newest espresso, pairing warm chocolatey Central American beans with natural-process lots for ripe fig, stone fruit and bittersweet chocolate notes. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Black fig, nectarine, bittersweet chocolate
Ki-Saya combines two Mayan words — "tasty" and "nature" — for an organic Chiapas lot from smallholder farmers, most of them Tzotzil and Tzeltal, who ferment cherries 12-17 hours before washing and patio-drying next to their homes. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Raspberry, honey, smooth
A dark-roasted, rotating single-origin series — currently featuring Mexico Ki-Saya — named for the moon's pull toward where you need to be. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Fudge brownie, cedar, rich
A dark, chocolate-forward espresso blend meant to feel like comfort in a cup, whether pulled as ristretto or built into a latte. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Dark chocolate, toasted hazelnut, molasses chips
City Bean's darkest roast — bold and daring, built as a great cup to start any day. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Roast, earthy, dark chocolate
Roasted Viennese-style so the rich, slightly smoky roast flavor leads while nuanced origin character stays intact — a big-bodied cup with dense brown-sugar notes. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Dark chocolate, brown sugar, full body
The boldest of City Bean's decafs — rich and smoky with hints of smooth dark caramel, water-processed to stay decaffeinated without sacrificing body. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Dark chocolate, brown sugar, full body
The certified-organic version of City Bean's Viennese-style OG blend — rich, slightly smoky, and full-bodied with dense brown-sugar sweetness. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Dark chocolate, brown sugar, full body
An organic natural-process lot from JUMARP ("El Palto"), a cooperative founded in 2003 in the Amazonian Andes of northern Peru that now counts 189 active members, 40% of them women, farming 549 hectares. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Strawberry, black pepper, watermelon
Migina Washing Station in Rwanda's Gisagara District hand-sorts and pulps red Bourbon cherries within eight hours of harvest, then ferments, washes, and sun-dries on raised tables for 12-14 days, alongside farmer-training and shade-tree programs. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Golden raisin, riesling, gingersnap cookies
A pan-African blend named for the Twi concept of retrieving value from the past — City Bean's tribute to Africa's foundational role in coffee. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Tropical, raspberry, macadamia, bright
A regional smallholder blend from Bener Meriah, the Aceh district surrounding Lake Tawar and the Burni Telong volcano, wet-hulled in the traditional Sumatran method developed to cope with the region's humid drying conditions. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Cacao, tobacco, wine grape
The blend that launched City Bean from a tiny Westwood storefront in 1992, originally called House Blend — a balanced, mild anytime-of-day cup built from all three major coffee-growing regions. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Citrus, chocolate, mellow
A certified-organic blend of coffees from both hemispheres, purpose-built for cold brew but versatile enough for any brew method. Source: citybeanroasters.com.
Vanilla, malt, smooth