if you live in LA or if you're just visiting LA and you're wondering what's
the best coffee shops in LA, this is the video for you
This is the first time I'm doing a vlog with the Canon 80D. So this is what
this whole setup looks like and I got a nice little hat for my camera because
it's cold today, and it needs to stay warm. We're about to go check out some of
the best coffee shops near or on the beaches of Los Angeles. Introducing my
friend. Hey guys how's it going? What's your name? Rakin. The first place
we're going is the spot called Demitasse on Santa Monica and we're gonna
gradually head south and try out new cafes
a sweet latte of some sort or a brewed coffee of some sort?
A sweet latte. I'm leaning towards that
our 5 spice latte is probably our most popular right now
I was gonna go for that. I was gonna ask you for that
there you go guys
That's the five-spice latte. Looks good. Exactly. I was wondering let's try that. So we have very dark
faces so it's very hard for both of us to find a spot that's like well lit
enough so our faces are not completely in the shadows. I made Rakin take off
his hat because I couldn't see his face in the camera. Back to coffee. What do you
think? Man I really like this coffee. Why? it's not as thick as I expected
it's really light and she added some oranges; I would say like peel of oranges
Was not expecting to taste oranges. I can taste the spices more than I can taste
the coffee, and they have this thing in there. We both can't remember what it's
called in English; it's called "elachi" in Bangla.
Bro it's not an "elachi". Okay I was totally wrong about
what this is. As some of you might know who've watched my previous videos in
Guatemala, I didn't really start drinking coffee you till six months ago. I do know
that Starbucks coffee does taste a lot better than the K cup coffee machines
that we have in our department, so I'm pretty much a coffee connoisseur now
We're also from a country where no one even drinks coffee. We just drink tea tea
chai. Yeah. So obviously we are the best authority
out there for saying what's good coffee and what's bad coffee
and this is a good coffee my friend. I posted on reddit seven days ago asking what the
best coffee places by the beach are and this was one of the spots that was
suggested by a couple of people . So that's how we ended up coming here. That
was pretty good I'd say. Yeah it was. how much was it like five dollars?
it was five dollars for a five spice latte which is a little bit too pricy
for me. I don't think I will ever get it again with the option of getting a
Starbucks yeah you can get like a chai tea latte for how much is that four
dollars. I guess it's like a dollar more but I'm a cheapskate
The lady making the coffee was really nice though. props to her for being very
friendly
okay so if you ever get a lid that's too small for your cup all you gotta do is
turn it upside down and, voila it fits. That's coffee connoisseur tip 101
We're in Santa Monica right now and the pier is
right behind us over there
and we're headed to Venice Beach
Right so we're not allowed to film inside the cafe but we managed to find a
table out here hopefully they're not gonna stop us from doing anything. I mean
there was no reason for them to stop us Okay to be fair we were taking up a lot
of space and I was wearing a backpack which was making it hard for them to go
through and when I was filming with this shit, Rakin pulled out his phone
and we were like double teaming people with our cameras. It's called Urth Caffe
What did you get? I got the Spanish latte
What does it taste like? It's pretty good. I like the
message that they are trying to send. it's an organic coffee place
what I want to say about this coffee is that I did not get enough sugar for this
thing. It's still a little bit bitter for me. But it tastes a lot like coffee bean
I'm sure there are coffee connoisseurs out there that will kill me for saying that
Thank You. Appreciate it. Rakin broke the Golden Rule and he got a tea instead of coffee
We're talking about how I measured how much my camera weighs. It definitely
weighs more than one kilogram which is how much my gorilla pod is supposed to
hold but I really don't want to spend $60 to get a new gorilla pod. I'll try the
coffee
This is really good coffee I never like my coffee very hot
which is why when I get coffee I put enough milk into it to make it just warm
and not hot. It tastes really good. I like this a lot better than Urth caffe for
sure. This is actually our second day. Our battery died yesterday and we had to
stop filming, and I was like we have to come back and we've to wear the same
clothes so it looks like it's the same day
but then we decided that we're not gonna lie to you guys.
He decided that. I decided that. I like to be an honest person
unlike Nadir
I was leaning that way and he helped me just push over the edge and be
completely honest about things. But we do have other clothes. I do. I don't know if
Rakin does. I just have one set of clothes that I wear
That was the end of our coffee shop tour in Venice. You could honestly do this
in a day. if I had to rank those three places that we went to I'd say:
intelligentsia is number one, demitasse is number two, urth caffe is number
three. We are gonna check out this place probably called cow's end. I'm not sure yet
what that's gonna be like. What about your ratings? Intelligentsia. That's number 1
Urth cafe because they have the option for that lunch. And then what's the 3rd one?
Demitasse? Demitasse. Yeah
But the thing about demitasse it's only coffee, right? Yeah it's just a
coffee place. Yeah if you're visiting LA especially make sure you do that walk
from Santa Monica to Venice. This is definitely my favorite part of
LA. it's funny because I never ever come to Venice because it's a one hour
20 minute bus ride from where I live. It's not even one bus. I take the bus, then
take the train, then take another 40-minute bus to get here but, it's a
really pretty place; it's some of the most interesting people you will see in
the world from what I have seen.Thank you for watching this video. This
is me trying to figure out how to use my new DSLR camera and this new lens that I
have. Hopefully this turns out well because I'm planning on using this a lot
if you like this kind of video do let me know. I can do a lot more of these. This
is a lot easier to do than a travel video. if you have any questions about
any of the places we went to, let me know in the comments and maybe someone can
answer them better than I can. Thank you for watching . If you like this video,
don't forget to subscribe and smash that like button. I'll see you guys next week
So he's rakin but tries to be a little cool. He turns into Rakeeeen when he's in Los Angeles
what if we just went to these places and said that the coffee is shit?
You grew up drinking Bangladeshi street-side local tea.
Woah, I never drank that shitty tea when I was a kid
I wasn't a peasant like you guys
I was a gentleman. I just smoked cigarettes at the tea-shops
I didn't drink that filthy-water tea like you peasants
Remember that last cafe we went to with the white tea cups?
I fixed the exposure for your face and you can't distinguish where the cups are anymore from the background
I'm not kidding. Seriously?
questions about any of the places we went to ... BLAH
your head's not in the video, you see that right?
I thought I was gonna be camera shy but I am giving a good performance