#coffee roaster

10 Speed Coffee is a local roaster with a cycling theme. It has four coffee shops, including the Frogtown location. It’s near the LA River bike path and does attract many cyclists.

While there is no kitchen, they make up for it with premade burritos and breakfast sandwiches, pastries from Cadoro (croissants, muffins, cookies), and grab n go packaged Belgian waffles, oatmeal cups, and snacks. They can heat things up for you. The breakfast sandwich is vegan.

For drinks, they have espresso drinks, cold brew, nitro, single origin drip coffee, espresso tonics, tea lattes, and tea. The cappuccino was Milk options: whole, 2%, oat, almond. No pour over coffee.

I like how they use real cups and plates for dine-in. The ceramic mugs have a lovely glaze.

Ham & cheese croissant - not sure what happened but it was very dry.

French onion Danish: the onion filling that did remind me of French onion soup. It was a little chewy, but that’s probably because they heated it up. I thought it would be flakier because it looked like croissant dough. Very tasty.

Cappuccino ($5.50): very good with pretty foam art. Not as tiny as some places.

There are plenty of tables and chairs on the patio, with three tables and counter-seating indoors.

The front of the building is all glass, so you can look onto the parking and the LA River. The building looks modern and is part of a complex that looks new. The walls are adorned with cycling photos. You can buy coffee beans, cold bottled and canned drinks, and branded merch.

The 10 Speed spaces say they’re for pickup and limited to 15 minutes. You’ll have to exit the complex to find more parking. I found unlimited parking but there weren’t that many spaces.

4 out of 5 stars

I was looking for a place close to LAX and Offset checked all the boxes: easy parking, free wi-fi, indoor seating, food, good coffee. Offset is a South Bay coffee roaster. The El Segundo café was small and 1/3 of it was dedicated to the in-house roasting. There were only five small two-top tables inside but more picnic style seating outside.

For drinks, they had drip coffee, espresso drinks, espresso tonic, cold brew, ceremonial matcha, tea, horchata, and even einspanner. Milk choices: whole, oat, almond. They do not have pour over coffee.

Pastries come from Rockenwager. They only had chocolate chip cookies and croissants left when I visited. There is a food menu too. It includes toasts and breakfast biscuits. The toasts are made to order.

Avocado toast ($13): smashed avocado, cherry tomato, lemon, olive oil, microgreens, and chili flakes on sourdough. It was a good size toast. The bread was thickly cut and soft. I prefer a denser, chewier bread for avocado toast. The ingredients were fresh but the microgreens fell off and the mash seemed underseasoned. Good ingredients but average taste.

Flat white ($5): excellent foam art, balanced, flavorful, not bitter.

The parking lot had a few spaces for pickup but the other spaces didn’t have time limits. It is a small café and it does attract campers. They sell coffee beans and merch.

4 out of 5 stars

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Offset is a South Bay coffee roaster. The El Segundo café was small and 1/3 of it was dedicated to the in-house roasting.

Score: 37/50

Food: 4/5 – Pastries come from Rockenwager. They only had chocolate chip cookies and croissants left when I visited. There is a food menu too. It includes toasts and breakfast biscuits. The toasts are made to order.  The avocado toast had fresh ingredients, but the bread was too soft, the microgreens fell off, and the whole thing seemed underseasoned.

Coffee: 5/5 – The coffee is better than the food. For drinks, they had drip coffee, espresso drinks, espresso tonic, cold brew, ceremonial matcha, tea, horchata, and even einspanner. Milk choices: whole, oat, almond. They do not have pour over coffee. The flat white was excellent with superb foam art.

Wi-fi: 5/5 – Free, unlimited, the password is by the register.

Ambiance: 4/5 – Minimalist white walls, about 1/3 of the space is dedicated to roasting

Noise: 4/5 – No music, the roaster can be noisy

Plugs: 1/5 – I only saw one outlet

Parking: 5/5 – Easy free strip mall parking

Comfort: 3/5 – Seating isn’t padded, tables are very small, outdoors can be too hot

Bathroom: 3/5 – Seemed to be outside the building

Art: 3/5 – None

Tips: Coffee beans and merch for sale.