Coffee Talk

Why is sextant espresso different? The coffee journey of course. Our Espresso is a blend of Ethiopian heirloom coffees from small farms. Our coffee is also roasted in one of the most beautiful cities, San Francisco, California. Did you know that our owner was born in Ethiopia, where he grew up surrounded by his country’s rich coffee culture? Pretty cool right? That's what makes our espresso and coffees different, our direct connection to the birthplace of coffee. Let us introduce you to our espresso blend "Maiden voyage". The roast of Maiden voyage is well-developed and sweet enough for espresso, yet...

Its always amazing seeing our San Francisco locals come in and enjoy our freshly roasted coffee, It's truly a pleasure. We want to highlight a recent video one of our local friends put together. This video caught us by surprised and really got us hyped up! Two friends deciding to take a coffee break stroll down to Sextant coffee Roasters, and got exactly what they came for. With cool music and epic edits, this video is definitely one we wanted to share. Please enjoy this short video, we know we did. Thanks Ken!!!!!  

Tomorrow evening, Sextant Coffee Roasters is hosting its first annual Latte Art Throwdown, sponsored by Califia, makers of fine almond milks.  Latte art throwdowns originated as a way for baristas to show off their milk-steaming skills, basically. If a barista can pour latte art, it means that the milk is steamed just right to make a delicious latte. If the milk texture is too thin, you can't make latte art. Too thick, your latte art lacks definition, or looks like an edible Rorschach test. But mostly, we just view the throwdown as a way to have a great party. There...

This week at Sextant, we are featuring The Windsor on pour-over. This unique coffee is grown, harvested and imported to San Francisco by a multi-generational family from the Minas Gerais region in Brazil. In the shade of the Amazon rainforest, these farmers combine modern eco-friendly coffee production methods with traditional water-friendly processing to produce sweet, clean and heavy bodied coffee. We like to brew this coffee to highlight the delicate notes of cherry and milk chocolate, but it can also be prepared as a creamy single origin espresso. Sextant Coffee Roasters is committed to strengthening the relationships between coffee roasters and...