KSP x LA Local: About Time Cafe Serves More Than Coffee

The LA Local

Koreatown's About Time Cafe makes good coffee and greater impact for the community

About Time Cafe sources its beans from a nonprofit that trains and mentors unhoused people in Lancaster, pairing ethically sourced coffee with a mission of second chances.

This article by Sebastian Mecinas Mendoza is part of a yearlong youth journalism cohort between The LA Local and the Koreatown Storytelling Program.

Sebastian’s article follows owner Minji Cho, who grew up in Koreatown and opened a two-story cafe, About Time, on Wilshire Boulevard in 2023, and traces where the shop’s beans are from. About Time sources its coffee through a nonprofit that trains and mentors unhoused people in Lancaster, a partnership that has shaped the cafe’s identity as much as its viral corn lattes. Sebastian’s article was published in the LA Local on August 28, 2026.