Best SF Coffee Roasters

Coffee nerds in San Francisco will find roasters here that source, roast and pour their own beans, spread from the Mission and SoMa to the Outer Sunset, Cow Hollow, Potrero Hill and the edge of Golden Gate Park. Ritual Coffee Roasters' Valencia Street flagship helped launch the city's third-wave scene; try the Sweetness espresso blend. Sightglass roasts on vintage Probat machines inside a converted SoMa warehouse. Out near Ocean Beach, Andytown's Snowy Plover pours espresso over sparkling water with whipped cream. Wrecking Ball's co-founder Trish Rothgeb is credited with naming the third wave, and Sextant focuses on beans from founder Kinani Ahmed's native Ethiopia, best tasted as a pour-over.

Flywheel, known for siphon coffee and donuts, sits across from Golden Gate Park, so grab a cup before a walk.