Unincorporated Coffee Roasters

Invite

Closed

Opens Fri 6 AM

Neighborhood

Altadena

Roaster

In-house

Food

Coffee only

Check-ins

Come here for

Quiet Prophet Espresso
The medium-dark blend combines coffees from Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Ethiopia.
Fancy Latte
Quiet Prophet coffee with vanilla, half-and-half, oat milk and sprinkles.
Pour Over Chemex
The Three Idiots blend is brewed in a Chemex.
Foothill Fog
Earl Grey tea with vanilla and milk.

Thursday6 AM – 4 PM

Sunday6 AM – 4 PM

Monday6 AM – 4 PM

Tuesday6 AM – 4 PM

Wednesday6 AM – 4 PM

Thursday6 AM – 4 PM

Friday6 AM – 4 PM

Saturday6 AM – 4 PM

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Curator’s note

Unincorporated started in a garage in 2013 and moved on to the Brentwood Farmers Market, where Alan Janoyan worked out the recipes the shops still pour and Arthur Sohrabian found the way to the customers, before this Lincoln Avenue room opened in 2018. Their plaster seagull mascot, Paco, counts as the third member of the team, and the Three Idiots blend is named for the three of them.

The Coffee

Pour-overs come off the current single origins, the Ureña Rojas family's full-honey Catuai from Finca La Naciente in Chirripó among them, and a seasonal blend takes over the batch brew for the winter.

The beansCurrent lineup

Quiet Prophet Espresso
Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ethiopia
Roast
Medium-dark
Process
Dry/Natural & Washed
caramel · chocolate · toasted almonds
La Casa
Sulawesi, Mexico, Colombia
Roast
Medium-dark
Process
Washed
graham cracker · honey · chocolate
Three Idiots
Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
Roast
Medium
Process
Dry/Natural & Washed
melon · chocolate · buttery
Ureña Rojas Family
Costa Rica, Chirripó · 1700m-1800m
Varietals
Catuai
Process
Full honey
Producer
Finca La Naciente
grapefruit · rainier cherry · brown sugar syrup
Farmers of Bomai
Papua New Guinea, Chimbu · 1600m - 1800m
Varietals
Arusha, Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Typica
Process
Anaerobic natural
Producer
Sirigine Coffee Producers
cranberry · jasmine · caramel · dried blueberries
Uncanny Decaf
Mexico, Colombia
Roast
Medium
Process
Washed; Mountain Water Decaffeination and Sugar Cane Decaffeination
walnut · malt · melon

The Vibe

The design moment is on the outside wall: a commissioned mural that changes every year on the shop's own grant, most recently Austin Scott's 600-square-foot Altadena is Forever. The room itself is a strip-mall unit at the base of the foothills that came through the Eaton Fire: the center's walls blew into the neighbors' yards, and the shop stood.