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INVESTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Bringing specialty coffee roasting to the Outer Sunset in San Francisco, Andytown feels like your grandmother's kitchen—clean, cozy, welcoming, and warm. They aim to create the jobs they always wanted to have and the company we always wanted to work for, all in the neighborhood we call home.
Andytown work directly with specialty importers, exporters, producers, and farmers that share our values of sustainability and commitment to community. They strive to build long term relationships with their coffee partners and have our partners grow alongside them.
Having lived in San Francisco for years, we love Andytown not only for their wide range of flavor profiles, but also their down-to-earth approach to coffee and dedication to giving back to their neighborhood. - Natalie
COFFEE CAN BE A FORCE FOR GOOD
Equator Coffees was founded on the belief that coffee can be roasted better, brewed better, and, most importantly, it can be sourced in a way that makes lives better. Founders Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell began roasting and selling coffee out of a Marin County garage in 1995, and that garage marked the beginning of a high-impact coffee company focused on quality, sustainability, and social responsibility.
As California's first Fair Trade certified coffee roaster in 1999, and the first B Corp certified coffee roaster in 2011, Equator has stood at the forefront of the sustainable coffee movement since their inception. They have always believed that better coffee has the power to shape a better future for both people and planet, and today, this mission is more vital than ever before.
What stood out to us about Equator was their core values: Good coffee, Kind people, Better Planet. It really resonated with our own mission, and bonus points that they’re also a Bay Area women-owned business! Their coffees are delicious and comforting, and make great pantry staples. - Natalie
NEVER SETTLE FOR GOOD ENOUGH
Onyx started with traveling to find the absolute best coffees across different countries, continents, and terrains. Their approach to serving coffee begins way before there’s a customer in front of them. Whether you’re a coffee professional or you’re just getting started, you can trust that excellence and hospitality run through the core of every part of their business.
Onyx take active steps at the producer level to buy and support sustainable coffees. They pay premiums that producers use to build drying beds, to purchase organic fertilizers, among other small initiatives that work towards sustainability.
Their relationship-coffee model reinforces their desire to work regularly with producers that are consistently putting out excellent coffees and also that are actively working towards practices that cultivate long term production on their farms. Coffee production is truly a long game. Sustainable practices on the farm level help make this a reality, both for financial and agricultural stability.
Onyx’s relentless dedication to finding high-quality coffee and perfecting each roast and blend is what we admire most about them. It’s easy to tell that coffee for them is not only a profession, but a passion, and you can taste it in every coffee they make. - Melody
AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SOURCING AND ROASTING QUALITY COFFEE
Partners Coffee is a small batch coffee roaster founded in Brooklyn, New York. As roasters and baristas with an unwavering commitment to sourcing and roasting quality coffee, they believe that each coffee tells a story, and they seek to share that in every cup.
After nearly a decade in business and years spent forging close relationships, Partners Coffee has become synonymous with high quality, accessible specialty coffee.
As sustainable harvesting is necessary for quality and yield, the Partners team actively seeks out producers that meet qualifications such as natural fertilization, maintaining clean, primarily organic farms based on traditional, age-old agricultural techniques, and processing methods including drying and milling practices.
By pledging to purchase non-commodity priced coffee, Partners has helped build a secure supply while simultaneously allowing their growing partners to invest in their local communities. Partners often work in tandem with their producing partners on community projects that include making improvements to housing, schooling, and other local facilities that
benefit future generations.
We first heard about Partners from our east coast coffee-loving friends, and were blown away at our first tasting. From their smooth, balanced blends to some of the layered and distinct single-origins, every coffee was a home run. Partners immediately won a place in our heart, not just for their great coffee, but also their focus on building relationships at origin. - Melody
QUALITY IN EVERY BEAN, DETAIL IN EVERY CUP
Sightglass Coffee began in 2009 as a small service-cart in San Francisco's SoMa district, run by brothers Jerad and Justin Morrison. Over the years, this humble beginning evolved into a full-scale production roastery, dynamic coffee bar, community gathering space, and their company headquarters in the same building.
At Sightglass, sourcing green coffee is their passion and expertise. It’s a meticulous and vital process, where factors like processing methods, coffee varieties, growing altitudes, climate, soil, and farm conditions all play a critical role in determining the coffee’s quality. By being present at the origin, Sightglass gains firsthand insight into these elements, ensuring they capture the best expression of each coffee they source.
Warm and welcoming - Sightglass was one of our favorite spot to have a great cup of coffee. Their focus on sourcing and dedication to build relationships with coffee farmers resonated with our goals to make high quality sustainable coffee easily accessible. - Natalie
SOURCE, EMPOWER, AND SUPPORT LOCAL GROWERS INTO SPECIALTY COFFEE
Red Bay Coffee is dedicated to building a global community by sourcing, developing, roasting, and delivering exceptional coffee to people everywhere. By focusing on opportunities within the community, they champion single origin, fair trade, direct trade, organic, and sustainable coffees. They believe in creating a value chain that emphasizes ethics and diversity, not just supply and demand.
As a Certified B Corporation, Red Bay Coffee ensures that their sourcing practices not only focus on environmental sustainability but also socio-economic impacts. They pay premiums that exceed market prices, supporting fair trade and women-owned cooperatives.
Red Bay Coffee's dedication to sustainability extends beyond environmental concerns to include social and economic restoration, fostering inclusive hiring practices and supporting diverse communities.
Red Bay Coffee's vision to brings people together, empowering them socially and economically, inspiring entrepreneurship and nurturing environmental sustainability, really resonates with our goal to add value in the supply chain by encouraging diversity. - Natalie
