Why and how Intelligentsia makes L.A.'s best coffee (and you'd better watch your back, Starbucks)

In the video above, BoingBoing TV does a tour of Intelligentsia's coffee kingdom and generally shows us why the Silver Lake establishment blows Starbucks — and just about everybody else, too — out of the proverbial brown water.

In case you want to check out Intelligentsia for yourself, it's at 3922 W. Sunset Blvd. rith where the Sunset Junction neighborhood appears to begin. There's plenty of parking in the neighborhood. Order a few cups and take a pound or more to go.

And according to the video title, this is only Part 1. Hopefully that means there's more geeky coffee goodness on the way.

All Intelligentsia needs is a bit of scale (and an outlet way closer to me) to dig a hole, pop Starbucks into it and shovel the dirt right back.