In many ways, Four Barrel is just another hipster-y snobbish coffee roaster in San Francisco that is hopelessly San Francisco. Which, let’s be honest, isn’t a bad thing. This city has damn good coffee. Four Barrel supplies a lot of coffee shops and retailers around the city, but it operates two cafés (one in the heart of Mission District, the other down in Portola) and partners with The Mill for brick and mortar options around the city.

Four Barrel is everything you’d expect it to be. It’s independently owned, locally run. They source all the coffee they roast, and proudly boast that the coffee comes from “third-generation farmers and mill-workers in Latin America, Indonesia, and East Africa,” ensuring their commitment to partnering with and supporting the humans that make up the coffee chain. And that their vintage German roaster is manned by experts (not computers). And to be fair, it is worth noting in a city known for its technological prowess. Four Barrel is for the people, by the people. And if the cafe itself is any indication, the people feel welcomed.