OK , summer weather in San Francisco might not get much warmer , but that does n’t mean our coffee orders do n’t deserve summer upgrades . Some of these are spiked with chocolate and dolloped with rich whipped pick , while others are just extra - crisp cold brews served in a pretty outdoor area worth exploring . We rounded up the best ( and most unusual ) dusty coffees for summer conditions available in SF .
Cherry Bomb
Ritual Coffee Roasters
This is what would happen if a Shirley Temple gave you a major caffeine bombilation . The Cherry Bomb combines the sweet cherry red flavor of the classic little kid cocktail with a respectable plash of cold brewage dressed ore : Fever - Tree tonic water and maraschino syrup are add together to Ritual cold brew in a mason jolt , then top with a maraschino cherry and an infinitely Instagrammable crimson and white striped straw . The Cherry Bomb is only available at Ritual ’s Bayview location , which is locate within of Flora Grubb Gardens , which mean you get to mark out some lush greenery while you sip your java .
Snowy Plover
Andytown Coffee Roasters
A cup of mineral weewee transfix with two shots of Andytown espresso and a mizzle of wide-eyed syrup , then topped with a thick cloud of homemade strap cream . Andytown ’s creamy espresso mixture pays court to " snow-clad plovers , " the diminutive bird you’re able to see swooping and run over nearby Ocean Beach . The coffeeshop has intimate indoor and outdoor seating area , and it ’s a short stroll to the sea . Pro tip : pick up a slice of their homemade Irish soda bread or one of their outstanding savory scones .
Jane’s nitro cold brew
Jane
Nitro - chocolate cacoethes has strike San Francisco . If you ’re in the food market for a nitrous - blasted caffein fix , Jane is the mode to go . Their nitro pack a muscular caffeine wallop and a wooden-headed , Guinness - like texture . Sample their famous granola or pantry pastry , and enjoy the giving chicken feed window and fond , minimalist inside of their Lower Nob Hill location .
Vanilla iced coffee
Sightglass Coffee
Flavorful without being cloyingly sweet-scented , the Sightglass vanilla extract cold brew combine traditional cold brew with vanilla bean plant spread , a touch of century plant , and your choice of almond or whole milk . It ’s rich with warm vanilla extract flavor , and you could contain the fragrancy level by summate or cut extra sugar . If you ’re in the mood for a serious sugar dud , essay their affogato , an espresso , and ice emollient mashup , in which they match Sightglass espressos with Portland ’s Salt & Straw meth pick . The two - story interior offers mountain of seating area and is a great point for date or meetings , but be warn : these guy do n’t proffer Wi - Fi .
Iced lavender latte
Home Cafe
Home Cafe has an full " originative menu " of adventurous chocolate beverage that you could dictate iced , but one of their most popular is the iced lavender latte , and for upright reason : this unique drink combines an unusual , fragile lavender appreciation with a productive , classic latte , top out with bits of dry out lavender . All of Home ’s creative iced drinks stop two shots of espresso . The coffee bar offers a restrained , dreamy DoI with batch of outlet and liberal tables , perfect for work or studying . Check out their menu of bites , let in their creative selection of dulcet and savory toasts .
New Orleans-style iced coffee
Blue Bottle
No inclination of cold-blooded local coffee would be staring without an ode to Blue Bottle ’s famous New Orleans Style Iced Coffee . Blue Bottle whip up a softly sweetened , 12 - hr cold brewage compact with roasted chicory flavor , then combine this dynamical and explosively caffeinated dressed ore with organic whole Milk River . The Hayes Valley location is a tiny walk - up window with no indoor seats , so it ’s a great spot for picking up an iced coffee before some Hayes Valley windowpane - shopping .
Cocoa Almond Bliss
Cafe St. Jorge
Consider this your cold - deep brown breakfast , since it ’s absolutely everything you necessitate to start your dawn off right . The Cocoa Almond Bliss is a smoothie packed full of Cafe St. Jorge ’s homemade Amygdalus communis milk , banana tree , date , cocoa powder , icing , and a shot of Stumptown espresso . It hold no svelte lucre , but somehow tastes exactly like a chocolate - covered banana . This Californian Portuguese cafe features sizable seating and plenty of sales outlet if you ’re looking for a spot to figure out . Or finish by on a Saturday even , when local bands and musicians play live concerts at the front of the workshop .
Réveille’s cold brew
Réveille
The politic grain and clean flavor ready it so easy to drink , you may get hold yourself vibrating with caffeine a few second afterwards . Do n’t worry : a pastry dough or giant salad from their classic Californian breakfast and lunch menus will stave in off any coffee clangoring . Reveille also tout one of the best outside seating areas in the city , with a front terrace offering muckle of seats and table blank space . It ’s a great spot to work , indoors or out of doors , but make trusted to show up with a fully charged laptop computer , since Reveille has no outlets .
Iced mocha latte
Mazarine
The backbone of the Mazarine mocha coffee is a homemade chocolate ganache made out of undivided - origin Twenty - Four Blackbirds deep brown combined with constitutional Strauss Creamery whole milk and espresso . Go on a take - your - own - espresso adventure and choice between the options on the revolving espresso menu . The resultant is an intense blast of espresso - spike - chocolate pour over ice . Mazarine has plenty of indoor seats and a small outside area in the front . If you ’re wait for a second round of icey caffeinated beverages , try their nitro coffee berry or their nitro iced teatime . The avocado toast – on buttery , thick - cut bread with a lashing of flabby salty Malva sylvestris – is as empyrean as it is photogenic .
Strong, classic cold brew
CoffeeShop
This ai n’t no watered down - iced coffee : CoffeeShop Cold Brew , served with burnt umber Methedrine cubes , is rich , almost chocolatey , and stays unassailable as the crank block melt down and fill again your umber . There is minimum seats , and all of it is outside , so wait to take your deep brown to go . Do n’t forget to pick up a bag of Ubuntu beans before you go forth . The owner , Wilson , and the staff are affectionate and welcoming , offer extract suggestions based on what you wish , and will handle you to a devoid drink when you buy a bag of bean ( which they ’ll also cheerfully fag for you , upon petition ) .
Horchata cold brew
Coffee Bar
Elmer Reizenstein Milk River and heavy cream come together with Madagascar vanilla extract syrup , cinnamon , and 24 - hour inhuman brew to make a lucullan horchata - laced iced coffee . It ’s sweet-scented and toothsome with just a hint of cinnamon . The original Coffee Bar location has plenty of indoor seating area and a small outside area . In a rush ? you could place anonline orderany time before 4 autopsy and get your drink to - go .
Gingersnap iced coffee
Philz Coffee
Ginger often gets reserve for fall and wintertime , but we think it ’s silly to vacate this sapidity in the tender calendar month , peculiarly when it pair so well with coffee . The gingersnap iced coffee bean is shot through with shiny gingerroot flavor ; it ’s cold and creamy with an unexpected undercurrent of spiciness . If you normally take your iced umber Shirley Temple , but are reckon for a flavourful turn of events , this drink is just as sound without the Milk River and sugar . The Noe Valley location is in good order next door to Douglass Dog Park , so you may let your dogs for a romp when you get your caffeine on .
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Andytown Coffee Roasters
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Andrea de Francisco/Cafe St. Jorge
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CoffeeShop
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Courtesy of Philz Coffee
