Tierra Mia Explores Coffee for the Latino Palate

I've recently just visited on the reccomendation of several friends. I don't drink much coffee but they have several options and can make a great Green Tea Mojito Lemonade. The decor is nice and latin vibes make it feel very welcoming. There's even an vintage cart filled with bean bags in the parking lot!

Just off the 710 fwy, Its a great pick me up in the mornings. I highly recommend.

I'm not a coffee drinker, I'm more of an energy drink kind of guy. But Mr. Romero insisted I try their ICED HORCHATA , which I did and it is delicious. I do business all over L.A. and I can't seem to find such a rich great tasting drink until I visit Tiera Mia. Enjoy your drinks!

I also visited Tierra Mia while seeing a friend in nearby Downey. She recommended we go for some "real coffee" and when we walked in it smelled great. The place is nicely decorated, we were comfortable there, and we both enjoyed the drinks very much.

I like to take me a pack of Romero's Flour Tortilla's and dunk them in that horchata coffee.

It was good, but the drinks are a little too sweet for my taste. Probably not for those people watching their figure, or others that would rather spend their hard earned money on another gallon of gasoline for their car. I recommend the McDonald's "Sugar-Free Vanilla Ice Coffee" for the price, taste, and convenience... Which can't be beat.

Tierra Mia has great coffee, I am a coffee freak and it has the best brews I have ever tasted. Their original creations-- the Horchata blend and the beans and rice blend are worth taking a roadtrip for.

Tierra Mia has great coffee, I am a coffee freak and it has the best brews I have ever tasted. Their original creations-- the Horchata blend and the beans and rice blend are worth taking a roadtrip for.

Tierra Mia has great coffee, I am a coffee freak and it has the best brews I have ever tasted. Their original creations-- the Horchata blend and the beans and rice blend are worth taking a roadtrip for.

I stopped by Tierra Mia to try an Horchata drink with coffee, and it did taste good, but it was a little on the sweet side for my liking. Only thing I thought was a little odd was that the drink maker guy tries the drinks before you get them, but one of the workers there told me that was the boss. MickeyD's rocks though!

I stopped by Tierra Mia to try an Horchata drink with coffee, and it did taste good, but it was a little on the sweet side for my liking. Only thing I thought was a little odd was that the drink maker guy tries the drinks before you get them, but one of the workers there told me that was the boss. MickeyD's rocks though!

Just another coffee clone of Starbucks, Coffee Bean, and Kelly' Coffee. Some different flavors like horchata and other Hispanic flavors, but it feels like this establishment is trying to tap into the pockets of the Latino people. I tried the horchata latte, but I can only recommend the bottled water my girlfriend drank.

Tried that coffee, did not taste good, tried it with the Romero's Flour Tortillas, not a good idea, maybe corn would be better but ran out of money, should have gone to McDonalds and with the change could have had the choice of gas, grass, or ass.

I love, love, love Tierra Mia! If you are looking for great tasting coffee then this is the place to go. They make everything from ice blended drinks to latte's with latte art and even have drinks for non-coffee drinkers. Everytime I go, I have a hard time deciding what to order because everything is so delicious. They are known for their specialty drinks like Mocha Mexicano which uses real mexican chocolate or thier horchata frappe...delicious! I do not live close by, but their coffee is definitely worth the drive. And I go there often enough to assure you that the employees do not drink the coffee before serving it to their customers. Check it out! You will not be disappointed.

I've been following Jonathan Gold's recommendations for quite some time, so I'd have to strongly disagree with the naysayers. I mean, c'mon ladies, how can you disagree with Jonathan Gold? I've been to TM a couple of times, and so far I haven't been disappointed. He's right about the cubano: it's perfect.

I am Ulysses Romero, manager of Tierra Mia Coffee. Thank you to those who have contributed constructive comments. Unfortunately the naysayers above are individuals that have never visited Tierra Mia Coffee. I know because I have the sad fortune of being related to them (Sandra, Glen, Robert, Lee).

I can guarantee you that Tierra Mia Coffee does not taste any drinks prior to serving them. We are focused on elevating the coffee experience by offering only the highest quality coffee available and preparing it in a manner that results in the best taste possible. We take pride in our drinks and make a darn good coffee. Thank you for considering a visit and I warmly invite you to our store. - Ulysses

I have also been to Tierra Mia and it is way better than all the places Ulysses’ “family members” are comparing it to. Not only is the coffee good there is also something good there for everyone, plus everyone there is friendly. TIERRA MIA ROCKS WAY MORE!!!!

I try the tierra mia because my mother live in SouthGate. I don't know why family would say bad things about other family but who cares. I tried the rice and bean drink and it was good. I think still starbucks is better taste and Mcdonalds has better price. But I don't like to buy coffee at these coffee places because they try to make too much money. Starbucks did this and they have to close 600 places. I am not family and I just care about getting my money worth, so I hoestly say I like Mcdonalds Vanilla ice coffee. I also agree that gas is too much and will not pay high price for coffee. That is my honest opinion.

When in the area my husband, son and I visited Tierra Mia and were very impressed with the atmosphere very relaxing, comfortable and tidy it made us feel at home. Staff was very friendly, ready to help you in your decision making dilemma they offer so many interesting drinks tailored to the Latino. Not only was the latte art good to the eyes but good to the taste buds. I would recommend that you experience the Tierra Mia. Don’t forget to try the guava pastry it was delicious!

Marilyn of West Covina CA

Ulysses is my cousin and I had gone in when he first opened the business up. I was very impressed with the style and the different taste of each coffee. Once you go there I guarantee you will not be back to any of the more popular locations. You can not beat the taste or his prices needless to say the calm and inviting atmosphere. We have weekly management meetings at our work located in Vernon and had sent someone to bring in coffee for all our attendees. Our Exec's were impressed more so by the taste of the coffee than the actual meeting. Since then they all drive from Vernon every morning to South Gate for that one of a kind service and taste. Sure enough once a week at about 10am you can almost taste the cofffee from Tierra Mia just from the smell inviting you into the conference room. We are yet to have anyone arrive late to the meetings.

Does anyone know the prices on the horchata, Mexican chocolate, or other specialty drinks? I would try them provided they are not too pricey. I don't like to contribute to making corporate coffee owners richer, nor taking advantage of the system that has poor coffee bean pickers living in poverty.

I have visited Tiera Mia and I have been blown away. The coffee is deeeellliiicious...... my favorite was the White Chocolate Mocha which my opinion is a lot better than Starbucks. I have read the comments above and I feel sorry for the family members being as jealous to bring down what Mr Romero has worked hard to put together. But it is very unfortunate that in our culture we cant seem to say way to go or good job. Instead you get your jealous family members or friends that can only wish they can get to what Mr Romero has.. MBA from Stanford I would be very curious to know what your family (Sandra, Glen, Lee and Robert) members education looks like. Or let me guess do they live and work off their father since they cant seem to do it alone. Or do their spouses sell drugs or do other illegal things to get ahead???? And then of course you have your uncle (papi whatever) who should act his age. Who also lived off working at Romero's. Mr Romero this should be a compliment to you that they take time to come and comment in this blog this shows how much they must hate what you have accomplished. So everytime you see a negative comment from them just laugh it off it is their wasted energy and at the end of the day you tell me who looks uneducated and immature. Keep on selling and keep on smiling all the way to the bank. If people dont like the prices than they can go to Mickey Dee's and get that coffee we have that choice. If they dont want to pay for gas, which has absolutely nothing to do with your cofffee then they can take the bus, bike or buy a hybrid..... but dont you worry I see the traffic you get everyday and i dont think the haters not going will ruin it for you........ we latinos have to help eachother out and not bash eachother. Have a drink on them.. salud!

Plain and simple: Tierra Mia is an excellent coffee house and mean people suck!

Dear Ulysses,

We did not write the slanderous and derogatory comments above. It is unfortunate, but it is what some of our acquaintances do. Best wishes on your continued success!

Glen Romero

Who cares who said what, try the coffee drinks for yourself and judge on your own. I have heard nothing but good things about this coffee from very reliable people who went there.

Dear Ulysses ,

It has sadly come to my attention that someone is slandering your business and using my name and my siblings name. I believe we all know who that ill fated person is. He should be man enough to write his own name! "PAPI", you should have your son prescribe you some PROZAC so you can enjoy your Golden Years and stop pondering on negative energy, its not healthy.

Ulysses, good luck in all your endeavors and may God bless you always!

-Sandra

To Ulysses, it makes me happy to hear that you opened up your new establishment, but it also makes me very sad to have been informed about this website that has bad comments of a certain uncle. These are people pointing their fingers at other people, people with no values or souls. I can assure you that this "uncle" did not say or write anything bad about you or your place. I don't even think he knows that you put your coffee place up. How many times have you talked to him? How many times have you gotten into disputes with him? After all those years before any of us were born he was courting your Fathers Sister. I know he talks about the years when he used to work at "Romero's, and he was very happy there. Do you honestly think he would wish anything bad on his brother in laws children...especially the one he probably most never sees? Or one of the nicest ones? Im really sorry for these people.
After the passing of his wife the family began to talk bad about him for going on with his life, what is he supposed to do? Did he ever cheat on her? Fight with her in public? No, but other family members were accused of cheating on their wives. Oh and Im sure he would admit to anyone that his "golden years" came to an end on the begining of the year 2002.
There has been this rivalry between the romero's longer than anyone can remember, ask yourself who would wish anything bad on Ulysses? Or ask "john doe", he seems to know a lot.
So if anyone would like to know if he wrote any of this bad stuff just call him, and if you dont have his phone number get it from his kids, nephews, brothers, or brother in laws. And as for needing prozac, I think he is fine without it, but if anyone would like to take him anything a ittle stronger that you can't buy at the pharmacy your more than welcomed to. Oh and when you ask for his phone # refer to him as "Daddy" like we all did when we were small, even if he wasn't our real dad, Not "papa or papi". So please call him.

Stick to the coffee reviews people, nobody cares. Anyway, great Iced Coffee's and real nice place. Highly recommend!

Ulysses,
Congratulations, It is so good to see a Hispanic doing well for himself. We used to be related to the Salazar family and often heard them talking bad of both Romero families, almost seems as if they were jealous. To the Romero families I'm sure all those negative comments are all lies and a Salazar person is trying to turn you all against each other. Don't fuel their fire!

Really quick because this is the site for coffee reviews: The John Doe that just wrote something negative is not the original John Doe, it is somebody who has something against the other Romero family. If he/she were the original John Doe he would have wrote that he was from los angeles and not "norwalk", which would not make sense because he/she would have to be a miranda, or a salazar, talking bad about themselves. Some people are so stupid. I'm not a romero or salazar, but I do know there is no reason for miranda or salazar to be jealous of romero's. Yah they are jealous of fighting over the torterillia. Invite the miranda and salazars or ask them for a favor and you will always get it. They are two happy families that might not be rich, they don't fight amongst themselves. Who is against Mr. Raul Romero and his sons? Who has always been against Mr Raul Romero and his sons and daughters? Who does not show up to all the parties??? Nice try mean person
Anyway, no more comments from me here other than coffee. Great place please visit it and try this delicious unique coffee.

I enjoyed Mr. Romero's coffee. Nice soothing place to hang out with falimy and friends. There are a variety of hispanic drinks (coffee / non-coffee) so you can try something different upon evey visit. You can't experience that at "Micky D's" and the other coffee hang outs. Try it for yourself. You wont regret your visit. And if you do, well, I'll just send you to Gitmo. Because I can do anything!

John Doe from Los Angeles,

YOU'RE so IGNORENT!
MY brother used to be married to a female Salazar, and yes that whole family is crazy just like you!

Try Ulysses delicious Iced Orchata.
I hope the Raul Romero clan can see that the Salazar's are not to blame. People that talk about Ulysses, and Salazar's are cowards. Don't be selfish and let people write about Tierrs Mia

This place has the best coffee I have ever had, probably the best in L.A. Anyone who compares them to McDonalds clearly does not know what good coffee is. The coffee is rich and good, no bitterness like a lot of shops. And their drinks come with latte art! I never seen that before. I tried the mocha mexicano and horchata latte and both are very good, not too sweet but just right! This blows away Starbucks.

Stone IPA is nothing to Coors light, John.

Stone IPA is an India Pale Ale. Coors Light is a lager. The two are completely different types of animal.

And heck, it may be a manilla envelope beer, but even as a craft beer lover, I can recognize that real actual brewers work hard to pull off the amazing; a beer that is consistent and loved by tons of people, none of whom I am better than for liking craft beer as opposed to Coors.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU ARE ALL LEGALLY CRAZY, ALL 3 FAMILIES BASHING EACH OTHER. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE CRAZY PERSON CAN INFECT MANY OTHER MINDS! YET, YOU ALL HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO ANALYZE ALL THE COMMENTS AND SEE WHO CLEARLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INSANE PLOT.-JOHNNY STARTED IT

AND

-SORRAYA ( JOHN DOE FROM L.A.) FUELED ITSO SAD TO SEE WHAT YOU BOTH HAVE CREATED.
OBVIOUSLY 2 UNEDUCATED PEOPLE.
HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU ARE ALL LEGALLY CRAZY, ALL 3 FAMILIES BASHING EACH OTHER. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE CRAZY PERSON CAN INFECT MANY OTHER MINDS! YET, YOU ALL HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO ANALYZE ALL THE COMMENTS AND SEE WHO CLEARLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INSANE PLOT.-JOHNNY STARTED IT

AND

SORRAYA (JOHN DOE FROM L.A.) FUELED IT SO SAD TO SEE WHAT YOU BOTH HAVE CREATED.
OBVIOUSLY 2 UNEDUCATED PEOPLE.
HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU ARE ALL LEGALLY CRAZY, ALL 3 FAMILIES BASHING EACH OTHER. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE CRAZY PERSON CAN INFECT MANY OTHER MINDS! YET, YOU ALL HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO ANALYZE ALL THE COMMENTS AND SEE WHO CLEARLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INSANE PLOT.-JOHNNY STARTED IT

AND

SORRAYA (JOHN DOE FROM L.A.) FUELED IT SO SAD TO SEE WHAT YOU BOTH HAVE CREATED.

HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

Why don't you greedy people leave this site for constructive coffee reviews? Get a life! Why would you add another of the Romero names so other people can see? John doe from la can't be the salazars because it would mean that they have been blaming themselves. Ulysses' sisters know who is doing all the bashing, and it isn't a family they don't see or have had problems with that i have ever seen or heard of. And just because you write your name as God or Jesus doesn't mean that because they are religious they are now going to believe that. Anyone who would add any of the sisters names has had problems with them in the past. If your gonna add names on a site don't be cowards and type your real name. But you won't cause you are just cowards trying to start something between two families that still talk and respect eachother.

Can someone please call and shut down this website!
Anyone who continues to participate in all those negative comments should see a Dr. Don't you have a job or children
to attend to?

For the record, my family has chosen not to comment. But if you're going to incriminate my sister, you should know her name is spelled with one R.

not surprised that johnny is behind all of this.
I feel sorry for all three families.

Shame on you John

Congratulations Ulysses on Tierra Mia. I have not been to Tierra Mia but have heard many good things from Al and other cousins. For those of you who don't know the critic that wrote the good review about Tierra Mia, he is the first Pulitzer Prize winner for L.A. Weekly and most importantly it is the first time a restaurant critic has ever won the distinguished award in history. This award is like the Nobel for a scientist, or an Oscar for an actor. This is a big deal, so you know Tierra Mia is good and is worth a try. I am looking forward to visiting Tierra Mia and trying it for myself.
We are going to make one and only one comment from the Salazar Family, because when we were informed by relatives of this blog we said we were not going to comment or get involved, but we will make just one. For the record we have nothing against Ulysses, or ANY of the Romero's! All of the Romero's have always been invited to our family functions in the past and will contiue to be. This is not the first time our family has recieved these "poison letters". We first got several after my sister got married and then after my Mom 's death. They came in the mail, and the person who wrote them wrote everything in block lettering so that their handwriting could not be recognized. I was told by my mother-in-law about this site that was writing stuff about my dad. When I called him and told him about the blog he was confused because he doesn't know what a "blog" is. FYI he is like my other uncles pushing 70ish, and does not know a heck of a lot about the internet. He has about as much chance of writing negative comments as a cousin who moved to the east coast, they don't live in this area or know whats going on here! The last time I talked to Ulysses sister (S.R.) was at Al's wedding, and she introduced me to her fiancee and I took their picture. The last time I talked to another one of his sisters (B.R.) was probably at a wedding, and people started a rumor that she was selling drugs to me at a community college. When we were kids we would have wrestling teams, and Al and I would always fight to who would get Ulysses, don't know why but he was a very cute curly lad that we wanted. The last thng we knew Ulysses grew up and Al & I had to get roosters in replacement to contiue our matches. So I have always had a good relationship with all my cousins in that family, and if there is one thing my Mom taught us was not to take sides, which is why everyone liked her. No matter what anyone writes here, we are are never going to get in the middle or take sides. Both uncles (LR & RR) have always been good to our family and we would probably not be here today or have what we have without their help that they have given to us in the past.
To the haters, if it makes you feel good to slander and lie about my father and sister go ahead. If it is going to put an end to this we will admit that we are everything you say we are. Sorry cousin for this letter, it will be our first & last. See you at SR's wedding. Best wishes & continued success. Johnny Salazar Jr.

My family is opening a coffee shop in the heart of a hispanic community in Grand Rapids MI, I would appreciate any kind of references to what food and drinks would be be preferred we really want to offer products they would expect to find in a authentic latin coffee shop, any comments or emails would be welcome

Bad drama. Great coffee.......... Tierra Mia.

Seriously. I do not know the guy and do not rally care about the family drama. It does not concern me except that it makes for good reading.

I like coffee... A lot. And I know that at Tierra Mia, one can get a great coffee, Latte, or iced beverage, as well as great pastries, etc. I know this because I have been there. A number of times. The first day my girlfriend and I went, (we actually went back that evening too) I was impressed. The staff knew about coffee. They were kind, attentive, informed, and seemed to generally enjoy their job. The drinks were fantastic. The coffee was excellent, the cubano con leche was decadent, and the espresso (with a reddish caramel looking "crema" on the top) was wonderful and well done. The Latte art is a nice professional touch.

If you like coffee, Tierra Mia is a much better choice that any Starbucks, Coffee Bean, or for pete's sake McDonalds. Seriously.. Just go there and try it. I guarantee it is worth the gas money.

A satisfied customer,
Michael B

I went to Tierra Mia when it first opened and was amazed at how delicious the horchata frapp was. I love it!!

LA Times on Tierra Mia Coffee
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz15-2008sep15,0,2952546.story?page=1

La Opinion on Tierra Mia Coffee
http://www.impre.com/negocios-finanzas/2008/9/7/cafe-gourmet-pese-a-la-crisis-79359-1.html

How about: 'horchata cafe' = ground horchata unto a powder, mix with coffee grounds, hot water, bam, 'horchata cafe', profit eventually thorugh the roof. I'm Chicano on my mom's side, and I no need no share of any ($), just idea, to (?), you soak up $, iight, see ya.