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Come here for
Fruit tonic
The seasonal fruit tonic from Lumen's fizzy menu, poured with espresso or with matcha.
Focaccia sandwich
The Frogtown room's limited food menu: focaccia sandwiches with prosciutto, chicken pesto or a veggie filling.
Curator’s note
Shant Ghazar learned specialty coffee at Kalei Coffee in Beirut before he co-founded Lumen, which now runs two cafes in Armenia and two in Los Angeles. The Blake Avenue room is the newer of the Los Angeles two, opened on July 16, 2026.
The Coffee
Espressos, freddos and cappuccinos lead the bar, with seasonal builds such as passion fruit, or rose and cardamom, and signature drinks made with coffee and matcha.
- Rwanda - Kumbya Inkingi
Rwanda, Kumbya · 2000 m
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Red Bourbon
- Process
- Anaerobic fermentation
Pineapple · cacao nibs · grape
- Bolivia Finca El Mirador Gesha
Bolivia, Caranavi province, La Paz Department · 1,650 m
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Gesha
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- Finca El Mirador
milk chocolate · fresh cranberry · green apple
- Colombia Sidra Hacienda Venecia
Colombia, Hacienda Venecia · 1600
- Varietals
- Bourbon Sidra
- Process
- Anaerobic natural
- Producer
- Hacienda Venecia
strawberry · grape · melon
- Costa Rica - Cafe Vida
Costa Rica, Central Valley · 1800
- Roast
- Medium
- Varietals
- Caturra, Catuai, Villa Sarchi
- Process
- Washed
brown sugar · toasted almond · chocolate
- Costa Rica Las Lajas Alma Negra
Costa Rica, Sabanilla De Alajuela, Las Lajas · 1600 masl
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Catuai, San Isdiro
- Process
- Alma Negra Natural
cooked cranberry · fresh watermelon · natural orange wine
- Costa Rica SL - 28 white honey
Costa Rica, Cerro San Luis Micromill, West Valley · 1900 masl
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- SL-28
- Process
- White honey
brown sugar · red grape · fresh pear
- Ethiopia - Yirgacheffe Idido
Ethiopia, Idido - Yirgacheffe · 1850 m
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Heirloom
- Process
- Washed
jasmine · fresh plum · lime · caramelized sugar
- Golden Hour Blend
Yirgacheffe Halo Beriti and Costa Rica Brunca
- Process
- Washed
walnut · dark chocolate · fig jam
- Kenya - Mugaya AB
Kenya, Kirinyaga, Mugaya farm · 2000 masl
- Roast
- Light
- Varietals
- Batian, SL28, Ruiru 11
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Mugaya Coffee Factory
brown sugar · black plum · raisin
The Vibe
Lumen's second Los Angeles storefront is a stainless steel bar on a red lacquered floor, backed by red-lit panels, in a room London's DA BUREAU designed with grey horn speakers hung from its barrel-vaulted wooden roof. Past the bar, Karmir's photographs hang on steel-framed gallery walls over a long yellow table, and oxblood lounge chairs and sofas sit on a black-and-white striped rug beside a steel speaker cabinet.
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