CoffeeShop — Restaurant in San Francisco

The challenge I was given was: Find a top 5 coffee place in all of San Francisco. After a lot of research, I hit upon this gem, in the mission.

Ironically, we had passed this tiny, shoe-box sized, family owned place, several times - it is easy to miss.

Once you are inside, your are greeted with the aromas of cawfee, and baked goods. They have an excellent selection of baked goods, including, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free options form donuts to date rolls to many other coffee accouterments.

This is a pour-over coffee paradise. Be prepared for the owner to recommend the right coffee (he tunes into you), by specifying if you are light, dark or medium roast person. I picked dark, and he recommended an excellent crop from Brazil. My friend picked medium, and he recommended Ethiopia. She knows her coffee, and as a SF native, she felt this was right at the top.

They also have almond, half and half and many types of milk choices, as well as the less adventurous lattes, mochas, teas, espressos.

The owner said their secret sauce is customer service - and we experienced the warmth and genuine passion of a master barista, who hand picks the...

My friend and I were sitting outside this warm Indian summer afternoon for ice coffee and macaroons. The macaroons are local and I find them better than the ones from certain places across town that have more name recognition. OK, most macaroons are good, but these are better. A word about the ice coffee: the ice cubes are themselves made of ice coffee (think granita) and there is a methodology. It seems the brewed coffee is cooled to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, stirred often, then cooled at 41 degrees overnight. It's a blend of Salvadorean and Bolivian coffees from Ubuntu (the Emeryville cooperative,not the Linux distribution). A word about service: the owner appeared at our table with more ice coffee: "It seems you like it". Another word about service: he came back with a very refreshing but completely unordered Yerba...

Uneducated barista. Would not recommend for espresso based drinks.

I don’t know how this shop has 4.8 stars. I ordered a cortado, which is 2oz espresso + 2oz steamed milk.

The barista made me a 6 ounce drink (2oz espresso + 4oz milk) and served it in an 8 oz cup. To make matters worse, the cup had no handles that nearly burned my hand to touch. Milk was over-steamed and drink had overall bitter taste that resembled a Starbucks coffee drink.

Maybe I got unlucky with the drink I received, but the barista not knowing the coffee/milk ratio for a cortado is a huge flag. I won’t give this shop another chance.

The shop gets 2 stars because it’s cute and has a large, clean bathroom. But I came for good coffee, not to relieve my bladder. Left and walked to another shop In the area which was...