The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Perfect drink every time. Great people. I’m into the tea soy latte hot and cold. They both have wi fi

I love Coffee Bean. They have the best iced green tea of any coffee place I have been to. Their japanese cherry flavor is so light and refreshing, as is their blueberry peach. What’s even better is that the selection of iced black, green, and herbal tea changes almost every day.
I also love their no sugar added vanilla latte’s. I’ve been in an iced green tea funk for a while now and this place can’t be beat.

I’m so jealous of LA for having so many Coffee Bean’s everywhere! Hermosa Beach is a great area of LA to visit, less tourist-​y than Santa Monica. We came today, Sunday, after the weekend’s rains and it was an incredibly clear day! The wind made it super cold once we got to the end of the pier, where the fisherman were posted, but the views were gorgeous.
There was a drum circle going on on the beach, and lots of groups of people hanging out, walking dogs, and participating in some Sunday drinking. Came to Coffee Bean to warm up and went for the earl grey latte with soy – yum! And so unique! Glad I didn’t go to Starbucks and settle for a regular Chai Latter, although they have those at Coffee Bean too :]

This is my favorite coffee shop! Really is as good as it gets. You need to try the ice blended drinks! Yum! way better then startbucks!

Great place, but the music is always way way way to loud for a Coffee joint,

Since I was in the area, I thought I would pass over Starbucks which is right next door and try this spot out. My SoCal friends swear by Coffee Bean.
Spouse got a mocha and apparently it was so sickeningly sweet, he had to have some coffee added to it to cut out some of the sugar So, I don’t recommend the mochas if Starbucks is your litmus test. (However Peet’s mochas always get top billing in my book.) I had their normal drip coffee and was happy with that.
Love this building! The loft/​mezzanine area is quaint and I love the crown molding in the interior here. Also the restrooms on the upper area have that wheelchair automatic open door push button (long description) as well as an elevator.
Free wifi, great location. Also have outdoor seating!

Something about The Coffee Bean makes me feel like I’m at my grandparents house.
Perhaps it’s all the wood and red décor around, I dunno, just feel like there should be Wagon Wheel Tables and lanterns on the wall.
But, I’m weird.
Not a place for me but, I do like their coffee.

I spent a whole day sitting at this Coffee Bean, sipping on delish hazelnut lattes and using their free WiFi (FYI: you are automatically logged out every two hours for a ten minute «break,» but its not difficult to just log right back in after ten minutes). It was bright, pleasant, and I kept thinking that if I didn’t have to do work, it was only a block from the beach!
There’s a busy, often noisy downstairs, but the upstairs area was perfect for sitting and doing work. The only downside was the small tables and the really loud, slightly creepy woman that kept talking on her cell phone in the corner. She definitely got there before me (perhaps at the crack of dawn?) and was still there well into the evening…

Although the Coffee Bean is a coffee chain, I prefer it over Starbucks hands down. This particular location has a great staff, is always clean and has an awesome upstairs that I frequent since I’m back in school now.
I’m not sure if they pick their own music or subscribe to a service, but it’s consistently good! A wide variety of alternative, jazz and rock… never a bad song.

I go to this CBTL allll the time as its just under my Pilates Place. But let me tell ya — I only go when I have a gift card (people love to give me these — and to here — I don’t get it people? Am I too sleepy or something? Couldn’t afford to get me a decent sized gift certif at like… Needless Markups or Barneys?). Why?
— 1 Star — Parking. Yeah, parking sucks all over the South Bay, but it really sucks here as there is a parking structure on one side that is criminally overpriced, only 3 spots out front (1 loading zone — argh!) and a tiny lot in back — oh, that’s metered, too. And the HB metermaids are vigilant, so watch out.
— 1 Star — The Help. What the hell is wrong with you people? I have only had one person — ONE — at this location be sweet to me. And he was a guy so I tend to think there was a little ulterior flirting mode going on. But everyone else — and I do mean all of you — is grumpy. Hey, I know your job sucks — but at least you have one!
— 1 Star — The coffee. Just not good. Go up the street one tiny block (waddle, fatso!) and have a cuppa at Java Man.
When my gift card runs out, I am back to Java Man up the street, or if food is needed too, across the way to the Boogaloo Café for $ 5 breakfast and mimosas (before 11a).

My First Pomegranate Blueberry Tea Latte was here. That drink holds such a dear place in my heart. Who ever knew you could have such a delightful dessert for a drink? If you have never had one, try it. I loved it so much I bought the drink mix, the tea, and a milk steamer so I could make them every day at home.

I love the location and the interior is nice and spacious. The second floor is a great place to open up your laptop and spread out your work. It’s nice and not too crowded. The tea was nice and hot.

God strike me dead for being impressed by a chain coffee location, but I dug this one.
Great location, clean, really nice help, good lay out, more interesting décor than one would expect.
It’s so interesting how chains can very so much from store to store — the other reviews all seem to mention the same stuff I do, mainly a really great staff. It truly makes all the difference.

It’s just a chain, nothing unique here, and that’s why it’s missing that 5^th star, but other than that it’s a more relaxing environment than starbucks across the street.
I’m sure the prices are about the same, and most of the drinks are about the same, but the music falling from the ceiling is less intrusive than other joints of their ilk.
Coffee Bean gets more natural light than the starbucks, it’s 2 floors, has outdoor seating as well, and, well, isn’t Starbucks.

For those not into $tarbuck$, this is right across the alley. A much better layout than the $tarbuck$ as well.

This place is definitely one of my favorite places to hit after being at the beach all day for some Hot tea or Iced tea. This place way beats Starbucks. I know it’s a chain also — but they’ve been around for a long time. I really like the green and black tea selection. I like that this place is right near the ocean. That’s a big thing I miss about living down there going places and having the smell of the ocean in the air.

I would give it a 3-​star review because it is just a coffee bean like all the others. It is the location and the cleanliness of the place that gives it a 4-​star rating. I love going there in the mornings and people watching while I sip my coffee and read my book/​magazine/​newspaper on the weekends. It is also nice to stroll along the strand on the beach afterwards, great location.

ode to coffee bean and tea leaf for being so generous to a morning runner like me who doesn’t even buy the coffee, but just needs to pee like a race horse.
just got in from my morning jog and had to write a quick and generous review to hermosa beach tea leaf who in the midst of there morning rush pleasantly handed me a free token to use their impecablely clean restrooms upstairs.
mind u, i DO buy coffee (more like tea lattes) here on the daily, so maybe they knew me or something, but most places would state «NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS» to a sweaty sight like me.
i owe u big coffee bean. i’ll make it a 24 oz. next time, i swear

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is the place that got me addicted to coffee. So, I’m understandibly agreived and pleased by their vanilla ice-blend’s.

My favorite coffee shop, a short block from the beach. They open at 6 a.m. & almost always have goodies ready to sample on a table by the front door. The staff is ample in quantity (no long waits, usually) and very friendly & efficient. Walk around the corner & take your coffee out on Hermosa Pier to watch the surfers in the early morning. Watching surfers can be almost as addictive as writing reviews, so be aware. You may find yourself compelled to hang around for just one more big wave…