We know. It's so damn trendy. An iMac or two has been stolen. (Or more?) You don't approve of your artists sitting so proximate to programmers. And you like standing in line for 20 minutes at Blue Bottle better. But when we were recently asked by a corporate office manager where she could order fair trade coffee for delivery to downtown movers and shakers we kept coming back to the best coffee we've had in SF: Ritual Roasters. (They now deliver.)
The short list of fair trade notables
Ritual Coffee: 1026 Valencia, 1634 Jerrold (Yes, the Bayview). All coffee is fair trade, some is organic.
Tartine Bakery: 600 Guerrero. All coffee is fair trade, all organic. (i.e., You can get your long line, and also get your fair trade.)Ritual Coffee: 1026 Valencia, 1634 Jerrold (Yes, the Bayview). All coffee is fair trade, some is organic.
Coffee to the People: 1206 Masonic. All fair trade, all organic. (Happily lose an hour at their site... )
Rockin' Java 1821 Haight. All fair trade, all organic.
People's Cafe: 1419 Haight. Any house blend is fair trade and organic (though we must note that you won't write home about it.)
And two organic notables we can't forget (The full list would be exhaustive.)
Blue Bottle Coffee Company: 315 Linden. All organic, some fair trade (ahem.)
Cafe Organica: 562 Central. All organic, almost all fair trade.
The list goes on and on and on re: organic in SF. We'll add to it as we have a spare second.
Photo credit: Ritual Roasters by Tingting H.
