It’s never been more difficult to tell, on appearances alone, whether a coffee bar is great, or really even any good. Specialized equipment, once an obvious avenue of sussing out a shop’s chops, is no longer the sure-fire arbiter it once was; interior design, also once considered a logical way to separate wheat from chaff (or at least the haves from have-nots) has been democratized and imitated so thoroughly that everyone’s Instagrams kind of look the same. But there’s one sure-fire sign in 2016 that your coffee bar is up to something delicious: if you’re serving Song Tea.
Our partners in coffee
20th Century Cafe・Bartavelle・Bica Coffeehouse・Black Fox Coffee・Case Coffee Roasters・Ceremony Coffee Roasters・Coffee & Tea Collective・Color Coffee Roasters・Commonwealth Coffee Roasters・Constellation・DESTROYER・Dinosaur Coffee・Elm Coffee Roasters・Four Barrel Coffee・The French Press / Dune Coffee Roasters・G&B Coffee・Go Get Em Tiger・Good Coffee・Heart Coffee Roasters・Hey Happy Coffee・Insight Coffee Roasters・The Interval・Linea Caffe・Madcap Coffee・Narrative Coffee・Paramount Coffee Project LA・PublicUs・Purple Llama・Ritual Coffee Roasters・Ruby Coffee Roasters・Saint Frank Coffee・Slipstream・Sump・Terra Nomad
Our partners in dining, hospitality, and retail
Aster・Boots Bakery & Lounge・Californios・Coi・The Durham Hotel・E&R Wine・Frances・Kin Khao・Kismet・Little Gem・Manresa Bread・Manresa Restaurant・Milktooth・Mister Jiu's・Nomica・Octavia・Quince