New on Bar: Vanilla Paste Latte!
Frankly, we didn’t know if we were the “vanilla latte” types. Vanilla is the world’s most popular flavor, and a lot of its uses are a little, well… basic. But...
Coffee Stories
Secret Knowledge: Roller Skating
“They’ve had skating beef for thirty years.” Learning to roller skate isn’t hard; it’s mostly about learning to push with the bottom of your feet and maintaining your balance. The...
Secret Knowledge: Thriving in a Small Space
Next in our continuing series about the Secret Knowledge held by Sightglass employees is Sam Abbott, a barista at 7th Street and the Ferry Building Farmers Market. Tiny houses, #vanlife...
Secret Knowledge: Tarot
“I’ve always just been interested in divination.” Divination, soothsaying, clairvoyance–all just different words to describe the universal human need to know what the hell is going to happen next. Juan...
Secret Knowledge: Tuvan Throat Singing
“First, you start purring like a lion,” says Chris Harris, a Coffee Educator & Account Manager at Sightglass. The art of Tuvan throat singing involves producing multiple tones simultaneously, including a low...
Do What Comes Natural
If you went over to Mother Nature’s yurt and she served you a cup of coffee, what do you think it would taste like? Probably really jammy and sweet, and a...
Yeah, We Made That
Ok, so that took a little longer than we thought. Back in the heady days of 2014, when we were still young and dangerous, we signed a lease on a...
Our New Cow Buddies
A few years ago, we noticed that every cappuccino we tasted at our Ferry Building farmers market location had some quality that felt a little bit magic, something we couldn’t quite...