Intelligentsia

So not to belabor the point about Portland being better than Los Angeles but when I moved out here I was really disappointed. Portland has an amazing coffee culture and it was hard to leave. There are some descent coffee shops around me but nothing really that good. No one knew how to make a pretty cappuccino. You would think that LA, being the hipster/yuppie capital of the world, would have serious coffee drinkers. Up until last week I didn’t think so. My friend Drew (not a coffee drinker but works at Starbucks) asked me, “have you ever been to Intelligentsia Coffee?” I hadn’t but I wasn’t really expecting too much but he said he had heard good things! Since I don’t have much of a life, checking out Intelligentsia was immediately on the top of my important things to do list. So I went and I discovered serious coffee! Their baristas have to go to school for a few months to brew their coffee. Ever cup is freshly ground and brewed. Not to mention one of their baristas just won third place in the world barista competition! Needless to say I was pleased with what I found. I sat down and had a seriously good cappuccino.

Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea here.