The Brew

Contraband coffee (voted best of sf in 2011) is a company whom prides themselves in being meticulous when it comes to scourcing their beans and scientific when it comes to the roasting. With hand chosen green beans from the newer farms of kenya to the family farms of guatemala we can assure you a drink of excellence one cup at a time.

Modeled after a wine bar; vital tea leaf has successfully fused the age-old tradition of chinese tea drinking with the contemporary practice of combining contrasting yet complementary flavors. Uncle gee and his son ming travel throughout china working directly with farms to assure they get the best of teas. This is proooobably the reason their tea selection is considered to be among the finest and most varied on the west coast. Vital tea leaf's devotion and pioneering enthusiasm for tea makes the brew as much a tea house as we are a coffee shop.