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Cappuccino with house latte art
Finished with a rosetta leaf pour.
Pour-over brewed by the cup
Brewed to order, hot or iced.
French macaron
Curator’s note
Mark Wain and Gary Chau left corporate careers in tech and consulting and opened Caffe Luxxe on Montana Avenue in 2006, on the strength of a single well-made espresso from a trip to Italy. They built it around Italian cafe culture on purpose, down to running it without WiFi so people talk to each other instead of their laptops.
The Coffee
Caffe Luxxe roasts its own coffee in-house on Probat machines, small-batch and by hand rather than by computer program, aiming for 90+ point cups. Baristas train a minimum of six months on roasting science and manual machine work before working the bar. The current lineup runs seven house blends alongside two rotating single origins, an Ethiopia Yirgacheffe and a Guatemala Huehuetenango.
- Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
Ethiopia, Kercha District, Guji Zone, Oromia
- Varietals
- Indigenous Heirloom
- Process
- Natural (raised bed, 15-20 days)
floral · sweet · stone fruit · berry · dark honey · sandalwood · sangria
- Guatemala Huehuetenango
Guatemala, Huehuetenango · 1,500-1,800 masl
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon, Pache
- Process
- Fully washed
- Producer
- Collective of small farms in the region
sweet tangerine · dark cherry · blackberry · cacao nibs · floral · toasted almond
- Montenero Blend - Classico
caramel · dark chocolate · jasmine
- Montenero Blend - Delicato
almond · caramel · citrus · milk chocolate
- Montenero Blend - Extra Forte
baking spices · dark cacao · tobacco
- Decaffeinato
bold · caramel · dark chocolate
- Morning Becomes Eclectic Blend
baker's chocolate · brulee · cedarwood
- Casetta Blend
caramel · cherry blossom · stone fruit
- Melisse Blend
brown sugar · orange blossom · white grape
- Sunset Blvd Blend
cocoa · dark cherry
- Openaire Blend
cocoa nib · molasses
- Rustic Canyon Family House Blend
brulee · floral · nectarine
The Vibe
The Montana Ave shop is the original Caffe Luxxe, open since 2006 with its architecture and layout kept mostly as-is. The look is classic European on purpose, built around the same Italian cafe culture that inspired the founders in the first place, down to skipping WiFi so people talk instead of working. LA Times called it a full aesthetic experience, from the bar to the black-clad, latte-art-trained baristas. The brand's packaging, separate from the room itself, uses a signature Italian-sunshine-yellow drawn from Positano, designed by a former Caffe Luxxe barista turned illustrator.
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People
- Food menu
- Patio / outdoor seating
- Pet friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
- Locally owned
- Reusable-cup discount
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