Coffee is a ritual, to be honored
We are a pop-up coffee and tea bar in Santa Barbara, California. We are temporarily closed at this time. Please follow our Instagram account for updates!
Thank you to everyone who has, and who continue to support us!!
Thank you to everyone who has, and who continue to support us!!
OUR GOALS:
Provide modern, excellent coffees, teas & pastries
Coffee growing, processing and roasting have come a long way over the last 20 or so years, since the birth of the “third wave” of coffee. We try obsessively to ensure the coffee drinks we offer are at the forefront of these artisanal advancements. We have the same pursuit with our teas, pastries and everything we offer.
Work toward supply chain equality & sustainability
While coffee consumption is strong and growing, most coffee producers are not participating in the upside. Due to suppressed prices paid for green, unroasted coffee beans, most coffee farmers are forced to operate at very low margins, at break-even, or in many cases at a loss. The reasons for this are extremely complicated and involve the commodity trading nature of coffee, effects of imperialism, exploitation, the nature of the global financial system, and other factors. We are studying these issues with the goal of creating positive change in the most impactful way we can. In the meantime we commit to choosing the best suppliers we can find, who pay higher prices, choose ethically oriented supply chain partners and reinvest in producers.
In terms of environmental sustainability, we pursue products from farms and producers who respect the environment, whose practices attempt to be in harmony with the ecosystem, and who generally minimize their footprint to the best of their ability. For our part, we will use composting, recycling, preservation and efficiency to minimize our footprint.
We are a very small operation at this point. As we grow as a business we intend to continually learn and innovate so that we can increase our positive impact.
Provide a unique and inspiring place for our community and for visitors to Santa Barbara
Coffee shops and bars can be incredibly inspiring places to gather, socialize or simply to sit in introspection. They can also feel a bit intimidating, sterile or otherwise unwelcoming to some. We try hard to create a unique, welcoming and differentiated atmosphere to foster inspiration and what we refer to as cosmic vibrations.
The goal is for everyone who comes in our doors to experience the Golden Line. More on that below...
Provide modern, excellent coffees, teas & pastries
Coffee growing, processing and roasting have come a long way over the last 20 or so years, since the birth of the “third wave” of coffee. We try obsessively to ensure the coffee drinks we offer are at the forefront of these artisanal advancements. We have the same pursuit with our teas, pastries and everything we offer.
Work toward supply chain equality & sustainability
While coffee consumption is strong and growing, most coffee producers are not participating in the upside. Due to suppressed prices paid for green, unroasted coffee beans, most coffee farmers are forced to operate at very low margins, at break-even, or in many cases at a loss. The reasons for this are extremely complicated and involve the commodity trading nature of coffee, effects of imperialism, exploitation, the nature of the global financial system, and other factors. We are studying these issues with the goal of creating positive change in the most impactful way we can. In the meantime we commit to choosing the best suppliers we can find, who pay higher prices, choose ethically oriented supply chain partners and reinvest in producers.
In terms of environmental sustainability, we pursue products from farms and producers who respect the environment, whose practices attempt to be in harmony with the ecosystem, and who generally minimize their footprint to the best of their ability. For our part, we will use composting, recycling, preservation and efficiency to minimize our footprint.
We are a very small operation at this point. As we grow as a business we intend to continually learn and innovate so that we can increase our positive impact.
Provide a unique and inspiring place for our community and for visitors to Santa Barbara
Coffee shops and bars can be incredibly inspiring places to gather, socialize or simply to sit in introspection. They can also feel a bit intimidating, sterile or otherwise unwelcoming to some. We try hard to create a unique, welcoming and differentiated atmosphere to foster inspiration and what we refer to as cosmic vibrations.
The goal is for everyone who comes in our doors to experience the Golden Line. More on that below...
Coffee by Unity Roasting & Sourcing (and occasionally others)
Tea & Matcha by kettl and Far West Tea Traders
Chai by Dona Chai
Pastries by Bree'Osh
Tea & Matcha by kettl and Far West Tea Traders
Chai by Dona Chai
Pastries by Bree'Osh
(805) 699-6361
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The Golden Line is a term we put together to represent an archetypal concept we have encountered through personal experience, and in the writings and comments of some of the great artists and thinkers throughout history. It is an inspirational force that periodically visits, or can be tapped by anyone undertaking an endeavor. It can be described as a divine consciousness, a waking dream-state, or simply a sense of being on the right track. It is eternal, and can be accessed by anyone in the right state of mind.