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Featured March 24, 2008
"We heard of a very special coffee that was all the rage of the Hollywood elite, and at $65 a cup it’s definitely a luxury. The rare Kopi Luwak coffee brew is truly like nothing we’ve ever had before (and we drink A LOT of coffee), but what makes it so good, and so exceptionally hard to find?" See more...
Featured October 12, 2007
"Coffee offers more than a caffeine boost according to many recent studies. Coffee's antioxidant compounds play a role in helping fight disease but now some coffee makers are claiming their brew serves up a bigger antioxidant punch than others." See more...
Private review from May 15, 2007:
"I was so impressed by FUNNEL MILL that I was compelled to become a member of citysearch just so that I could write this review." Read more...
Private review from April 3, 2008:
"I'll keep it simple: Funnel Mill is the best coffee I've ever had."
Private review from March 5, 2008:
"Sometimes you just get a hankering for a glass of 1990 Cristal, or a leisurely drive through the countryside in an Aston Martin Vanquish, and sometimes - but only when you're really feeling saucy - you might just have a craving for a siphon-drip cup o' Kopi Luwak."
Private review from October 22, 2007:
"Delicious and Heartfelt. This place is about as far as you can get from a corporate coffeehouse." Read more...
Featured June 30, 2007:
"This isn’t the place to grab a latte on the go. The rare coffee and tea blends here at Funnel Mill in Santa Monica are meant to be savored. Green tea? Black tea? Smoky or grassy? Tell them your likes and they’ll find the right hot beverage to match." Read more...
Featured October 26, 2007:
"I want to share my new favorite coffee spot, Funnel Mill. I for one am tired of the major coffee brands making me feel like I’m at the fast-food-of-coffee when I just want to enjoy my latte." Read more...
Featured October 25, 2007:
"I'm dipping into the coffee story well for the 2nd week in a row. Because yesterday I had the best coffee in the world: Poop coffee." Read more...
Featured February 18, 2008:
"A cup of coffee is no longer what it used to be. Now connoisseurs are brewing the exotic — such as kopi luwak — as well as the down-right expensive. We head to some of L.A.'s hippest coffee spots to find out why these cups of java demand top dollar." Listen...
Featured April 26, 2008:
"Good Food producer Thea Chaloner and Deep End Dining's Eddie Lin take a trip for cat poo coffee, also known as kopi luwak, at Funnel Mill Rare Coffee and Tea in Santa Monica. One of the rarest and most expensive coffees in the market, the kopi luwak is made from coffee beans that have been eaten and excreted by a civet, a cat-like animal in Indonesia." Listen...
Featured February 18, 2008:
"You love your caffeine. And by love we mean there have been moments you might have traded in your kidney for the right cup of Java. Which is why it was refreshing to stumble upon a spot that takes the dark stuff as seriously as you do: Funnel Mill, a new coffee lounge just opened in Santa Monica." Read more...
Featured June 24, 2012:
"You can learn a lot from a coffee shop, especially one like Funnel Mill, a popular location among the Hollywood elite." Read and watch more...
