Document Coffee Bar
Cafe · Koreatown ·
Minimalist Ktown coffee bar, art gallery, known for specialty lattes
Minimalist Ktown coffee bar, art gallery, known for specialty lattes
"A light-filled neighborhood cafe housed in a former studio, popular with locals for morning coffee and art-lined interiors. The menu covers espresso drinks, cold brews, single-origin pour-overs, and a range of caffeinated and caffeine-free teas, including specialty Korean teas; pastries like croissants are available from a small case." - Rebecca Roland
"Tucked out of sight just off Wilshire Boulevard, this minimalist Koreatown cafe draws in coffee aficionados for its extensive pour-over options using beans from farms in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, and more. Document also serves specialty drinks, including a cafe horchata, the Mad Spice latte with nutmeg and cloves, and a chaga mushroom latte." - Mona Holmes
"Document Coffee Bar in Koreatown looks a lot like an art gallery, and that’s probably because it was once. This minimalist concrete shop fills its blank walls with photo portraits of its regulars, and the light fixtures are made from repurposed paint tubs. Everything about this place is a little sleeker than you'd expect, including the way they make their nutty house cold brew. The chicory-infused coffee slowly brews, drip-by-drip, in giant glass towers behind the bar and gets subtly sweetened with maple syrup. If you are in the mood for a strong iced coffee, this is your spot." - sylvio martins, garrett snyder
"Located right off Wilshire in Ktown, this former gallery space was taken over by Document co-owners and life partners Sojung Kwon and Byoungok Koh, which is also where they first met. With backgrounds in art, they initially imagined it would be a studio, but needed a source of income so they started studying coffee. They spent a year learning about third-wave coffee and going to Seoul to attend a coffee expo and bring in some of the influences of city’s vibrant coffee culture to their business, which opened in August 2014. At the time, the coffee scene in Koreatown was simpler and more focused on dark roasts, but Kwon and Koh wanted to create a specialty coffee experience with lighter roasts and use the space to bring artists and the neighborhood together. The past year has given Kwon newfound appreciation for socializing with the community, even if it’s just for a few minutes with customers at the counter, and she looks forward to holding events once again and bringing people back together through art and coffee. Order this: The Document flat white (sweetened with maple syrup) and cafe horchata are both great." - with warm welcome, leslie yeh
"A true community space in Koreatown, Document Coffee Bar has long communal tables, great coffee, Wi-Fi, and a funky atmosphere complete with plastic buckets doubling as light fixtures. Head to the cafe’s Instagram page and see how the team documents customers through photographs." - Mona Holmes