Jug Band Coffee and Tea

los angeles has no shortage of places calling themselves specialty coffee, but the gap between a shop that moves beans and one that actually builds something worth returning to is wider than it looks. jug band coffee and tea, out on e broadway in long beach, sits in that second category. the belmont heights stretch of broadway has a particular rhythm to it, residential and unhurried in a way that most of the city isn't, and jug band fits that pace. regulars here aren't casual, they're loyal, the kind of loyal that comes from a place getting the details right consistently, not just on a good day. if you're coming from further up the 405 corridor, the drive is worth it. make it a morning, make it slow, and order the tea if coffee isn't your thing, because this place means it.