Farmers Market
San Francisco Ferry Plaza Market – One Ferry Building
espresso, drip coffee and beans
Saturday west side and south side 7:30-2
Tuesday west side 7:30-2
Thursday west side 9-2
Berkeley Farmer’s Market
Berkeley Tuesday – Derby Street @ MLK Jr. Way
Tuesday 2-6 or 7 espresso and beans (2-6 winter hours/ 2-7 summer hours)
Berkeley Saturday – Center Street @ MLK Jr. Way
Saturday 10-3 drip coffee and beans
Temescal Oakland Farmer’s Market
Temescal Sunday – 5300 Claremont Ave. (DMV Parking Lot Oakland)
Sunday 9-1 espresso, drip coffee and beans
Marin Civic Center Market
San Rafael – 3501 Civic Center Dr.
Sunday 8-1 drip coffee and beans
We got our start in the farmers’ markets, and we love them still. Making excellent coffee outdoors, regardless of weather, takes a special type – the hardboiled gutsiness of Nick Fury in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandoes coupled with the bleak erudition of Mikhail Astrov in Uncle Vanya.
But the markets mean more to us than an opportunity to make obscure literary references. It is also a chance to be among people who are passionate about food. It has been shown that shopping at farmers’ markets involves up to 40 times more social interaction than shopping at an average big box grocery. Markets therefore stave off feelings of depression, ennui, and alienation. So does drinking coffee.
Our espresso cart usually serves our Roman Espresso on propane powered Astoria espresso machines.
Our outdoor kiosk on the west side of the Ferry Building serves our Retrofit espresso on an elderly two group La Marzocco Linea. We brew drip coffee individually on drip bars of our own design. We bring beans roasted the day before to every market.
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