April 2024 – San Francisco has long been a place for coffee lovers, but we’ve come a long way since Folgers launched here in the 1850’s. These days, our local roasters are known as innovators in sustainability, fair trade, and social justice commitments. Cafes all over the Bay Area bring pride and craftsmanship to every cup, pushing the boundaries of coffee culture in the US.
At Driver’s, we carefully source the coffee we carry, focusing on West Coast craft roasters. We stock classics like Coast Roast and Equator, as well as brands you won’t find at other grocery stores. Explore single-origin beans from Heart, and limited-edition blends from Ritual. Check out Sausalito’s own Big Baby, and roasts from St Frank cafe in San Francisco. Over in our deli, you can order a cup of Wrecking Ball’s Triple Double – locally roasted and freshly brewed. Read on to learn more about our selection of (mostly) local coffee.
Need your beans ground? Our deli can help you with that, just ask!
BIG BABY
Sausalito’s own Luz Elena Castro started Big Baby Coffee (named for her father) and operates the company with her family. Single-origin beans are grown on their land in Quindio, Colombia.
COAST ROAST
Since 1991. Family owned roaster fully committed to organic, ethically-sourced coffees.
Coast Roast started out in Tomales Bay, and is now based in San Ramon.
EQUATOR
Founded by Brooke McDonnell and Helen Russell in a Marin County garage in 1995, Equator now serves coffee from cafes around the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Equator is a certified B-Corporation since 2011.
HEART
A small, specialty coffee roasting company with cafes in Portland, Oregon. Heart was established in 2009 by Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma.
RITUAL
A San Francisco original since 2005. Ritual is a fully independent and woman-owned coffee roasting company.
ST FRANK
Specialty coffee company based in San Francisco. With cafes in San Francisco and Menlo Park. We carry their medium roast Brother Sun, and dark roast Friar Minor.
