Curated
Golden State Coffee Roasters interior

Golden State Coffee Roasters

Open
closes 5 PM
Neighborhood
Placentia
Roaster
In-house
Food
Coffee only

Curator’s note

The roaster and the counter share a building, and the bags name the farm and the farmer: Brazil Terra Nova off Danilo's family operation in Três Pontas, Guatemala Candelaria from Huehuetenango smallholders. Every bag ships with a pour-over grind option, which says plainly what Eric Scott expects people to do with his coffee at home, though the single-origin pages print no roast date and no varietal.

The Curated Order
The drink
Pour Over

Hot pour-over at 6.50, brewed with beans Golden State roasts itself.

The food
Avocado Toast

Avocado toast at 7.25, on the board next to the breakfast sandwiches and bagels.

The coffee

Everything is roasted in the building; the seven-coffee retail line runs $18 to $21, from blends like the 1850 Espresso (Ethiopia, Guatemala, Sumatra) to the single-origin Brazil Terra Nova, a natural off Danilo's farm in Três Pontas with a 28-hour static-box fermentation, though neither single origin's page prints a varietal or a roast date. The menu board keeps pour-over as its own hot-column line beside drip, with cold brew and nitro on the cold side.

The beansCurrent lineup
  • Winchester Blend

    Guatemala/Colombia

    Roast
    Medium

    Brown Sugar · Roasted Nuts · Dark Chocolate

  • Balboa Blend

    Ethiopia/Guatemala

    Roast
    Medium

    Vanilla Cream · Fresh Berries · Milk Chocolate

  • Capistrano Blend

    Brazil/Ethiopia/Sumatra

    Roast
    Dark

    Dark Chocolate · Roasted Nuts · Burnt Caramel

  • 1850 Espresso Blend

    Ethiopia/Guatemala/Sumatra

    Roast
    Medium

    Sweet Tobacco · Fragrant Berries · Chocolate

  • Decaf Mexico

    Mexico

    Process
    Sugarcane (EA) Process

    Molasses · Raisin · Dark Chocolate

  • Guatemala Candelaria

    Guatemala, Huehuetenango

    Roast
    Medium

    Red Apple · Lime · Honey

  • Brazil Terra Nova

    Brazil, Três Pontas

    Roast
    Medium
    Process
    Natural, 28-hour static box fermentation, hot-air dried
    Producer
    Terra Nova

    Stone Fruit · Lime · Cacao

The room

The room is exposed brick under a wood-beam ceiling, with Spanish-style archways, live-edge tabletops and enough floor that customers book it for portrait sittings and the shop still runs holiday pop-ups in the spare space. A classroom sits beside the roasting room, which explains what all that square footage was actually for.

The work-test
WifiFastFast, fine for uploads
OutletsPlentyAt nearly every seat
SeatingSpaciousLots of room to spread
NoiseLivelyEnergetic, lively room
LaptopsLaptop-friendlyWelcome anytime

The vibe

Photos

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People

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