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Gusto Bread Expands Its Sourdough Panadería in Long Beach, Roasting Its Own Coffee and Making Hoja Santa-Matcha Lattes

Café Cuate will sell Oaxacan coffee from importers based in Mexico, a conscious decision by Enciso and Salatino to keep the money in Mexico, where the coffee is grown. There will also be an atole latte made with their house-ground nixtamal and a 'Xicano' instead of an 'Americano' drink, shaken with piloncillo.

11:13 AM PST on November 17, 2023

Gusto Bread’s new espresso and matcha-based beverages. Photo by Javier Cabral for L.A. TACO.

After coasting on lightly sweetened café de olla as its only coffee beverage option for three years, Gusto Bread, L.A.’s only sourdough Mexican bakery, is finally offering a full espresso beverage menu starting this Saturday, along with a specialty menu including a unique matcha-hoja santa latte and a coffee drink featuring their house-ground atole blanco, made from ethically sourced heirloom Mexican corn.

“This is a whole new exciting chapter for Gusto,” says Arturo Enciso, who owns the celebrated bakery on 4th Street, and his partner and co-owner, Ana Belén Salatino. 

However, the most exciting part of Gusto’s new expansion is that they’re going all in on their coffee program by starting their own roasting company, Café Cuate.

Ana Belén Salatino and Arturo Enciso practicing their new espresso drinks. Photo by Javier Cabral for L.A. TACO.
Enciso playing with his new Marzocco espresso machine. Photo by Javier Cabral for L.A. TACO.