Equator Coffees

Yes, we are proud to roast our coffee to order in small batches to ensure that you are always receiving the freshest coffee beans possible. Roasted to Order is our commitment for every coffee order placed online: whether it's directly through our online coffee store or through our valued partners at Trade, Beanz, Bean Box, Mistobox, Terra Kaffe, and Bottomless.

Our philosophy of freshness extends to everywhere else that you may encounter Equator Coffees out in the world, too. We're always delivering freshly roasted coffee to our grocery, restaurant, and hospitality partners.

The Equator Coffees roastery is located at 115 Jordan Street, San Rafael, CA, 94901. This is our center of operations where all of the roasting magic happens.

We also have twelve Equator cafes located throughout California in Marin, San Francisco, East Bay, Peninsula, Los Angeles and Orange County, all of which can be found via our cafe locator.

Our philosophy of traceability and transparency in sourcing coffee here at Equator goes back to the very beginning of our story. Just after her first trip Guatemala to study coffee production with the Chipicay Cooperative in the late 90's, our co-founder Brooke McDonnell helped to establish Equator Coffees as an early partner of Fair Trade USA. Their innovative model of responsible business and conscious consumerism helped to shape they way in which we've sourced coffee for almost 30 years.

We believe in fostering longstanding direct trade relationships with farms, cooperatives, and exporters that align with our values of sustainable farming practices and fair worker compensation. Some of our longest standing partnerships include Hacienda La Esmeralda in Panama, Koperasi Ketiara in Sumatra, and El Injerto in Guatemala. A detailed chart of our long term producer partnerships can be found on our Impact page.

We buy our coffee from top sustainable farms and cooperatives from throughout South America, Central America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia, many of which are