Unincorporated Coffee Roasters
Curator’s note
Corners like this one usually change hands in the dark: a lease ends, and one morning there is a different logo on the glass. Swork spent 21 years here and then helped the next roaster move in, one that publishes farm, varietal, process and elevation on everything it roasts.
Quiet Prophet cold brew concentrate shaken into a stronger iced cappuccino.
The coffee
Roasted in-house on San Franciscan machines since 2013, with farm, varietal, process and elevation published on the named single origins and no roast date shown anywhere on the retail pages.
- Quiet Prophet Espresso - The Mona Lisa of Coffee
- Medium-dark
- Dry/Natural & Washed Process
Caramel · Chocolate · Toasted Almonds
- La Casa - Where Everyone's Welcome
- Medium-dark
- Washed
Graham Cracker · Honey · Chocolate
- Three Idiots - A Classy Blend - For Classy People
- Medium
- Dry/Natural & Washed Process
Melon · Chocolate · Buttery
- Ureña Rojas Family - Finca La Naciente - Chirripó, Costa Rica
- catuai
- full honey
- Finca La Naciente, Ureña Rojas family (Café Rivense micromill)
grapefruit · rainier cherry · brown sugar syrup
- Farmers of Bomai - 40 Smallholders, Chimbu - Papua New Guinea
- Arusha, Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Typica
- Anaerobic natural
- Sirigine Coffee Producers, Bomai project (40 smallholders)
cranberry · jasmine · caramel · dried blueberries
The room
The corner poured coffee as Swork for 21 years before Unincorporated took the keys in 2022. The shell is older still: the Edwards and Wildey Building, a two-story brick block credited to Los Angeles architect Edward Butler Rust.
The vibe
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People
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