Golden Lantern Coffee Roasters
Curator’s note
Everything roasts in the building on Mill City machines, a 15-kilo and a 3-kilo, and the August 2026 lineup ran seventeen named coffees carrying producer, micro-region, varietal, process and altitude. Kelsey Rosenblum designed the room herself and furnished part of it out of the family house, and yet no product page carries a roast date and no drink menu is published at all.
The coffee
All roasting happens on-site on the Mill City 15-kilo and 3-kilo machines, with green sourced primarily through Hacea Coffee in Anaheim, and the August 2026 lineup of seventeen named coffees runs from a $40 Colombia Finca Capri Gesha to an Ethiopia Faysel Abdosh Karamo Anaerobic Natural whose page names the farmer, the Sidamo micro-region, and 1,900-2,300 meters of altitude. Pull & Pour Coffee scored the Golden Hour blend and a Brazil Tres Pontas at 9.0/10 apiece, though no product page prints a roast date.
- Colombia Finca Capri Gesha Competition Bioreactor Fermented
- Gesha
- Bioreactor Fermented Washed
- Finca Capri (Julio Andrés & Andrés Quiceno)
jasmine · orange blossom · white peach · Meyer lemon · honeyed sweetness
- Colombia Finca Milán Caturra Nitro Watermelon Infused
- Caturra
- Nitro fermentation
- Finca Milán (Julio Cesar Madrid)
watermelon candy · strawberry yogurt · mango creamsicle · pink lemonade
- Colombia Huila Santuario Macizo Selection
- Medium
- Washed
- Multiple small farms in the ACCA (Community Campesino Association in Action)
brown sugar · chocolate · fudge · maple syrup · cherry
- Double Negative
- Medium
- Washed
- Northern Lights - Espresso Blend
- Medium-dark
chocolate · hazelnut · almond · citrus
- Bright Shiny Morning
- Medium-dark
milk chocolate · stone fruit · plum · clean acidity
- Ethiopia - Yirgacheffe Aricha
- Light
- Washed
- Nearly 1000 smallholder family farmers surrounding the Aricha village, Adorsi washing station
caramel · blueberry · tropical fruit · matcha
- Guatemala Huehuetenango
- Washed
- Asodiett Cooperative
dark chocolate · red apple · honey · orange
- Golden Hour
- Light
- Washed
chocolate · caramel · orange zest · citrus
- Rwanda Nyamasheke Muhororo Natural
- Red Bourbon
- Natural
- Celestin and Marie Rumenerangabo and 236 other households
cinnamon · nutmeg · vanilla · dark chocolate · red wine
- Ethiopia Guji Gigesa Natural
- Local Heirloom
- Natural
- 500 smallholder farmers
dark chocolate · strawberry · grape · milk chocolate · black tea
- El Salvador Finca Colomba
- Medium
- Caturra
- Semi-Washed
- Finca Colomba (Mario Valiente / José "Fofo" Adolfo)
chocolate · floral · dark fruit
The room
Co-founder Kelsey Rosenblum designed and built this one out herself, down to much of the artwork: dark-stained wood, charcoal walls, concrete floor, filament bulbs strung on a black ceiling grid over a long communal table, and furniture partly carried in from the family home. It is half of a 1,400-square-foot industrial suite with the Mill City roasters working in full view on the other side, which is the most honest thing a tasting room can be.
The vibe
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