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Sat May 18 Mill Valley Beerworks pop-up @ Caledonia

FOURBARREL — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:45 +0000

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“Brewing Better Coffee at Home” Classes

FOURBARREL — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:00:02 +0000

Hi! This is our resident coffee nerd among coffee nerds Alex Powar. He teaches our “Brewing Better Coffee at Home” class. The title kind of presupposes that you are already making coffee at home, but it really starts from square one. Honest.

He goes over things like brewing with scales and other tricks. Then he demonstrates these concepts on French Press, Chemex, Clever dripper, Hario V60, and Aeropress—everything but espresso. It’s good nerdy fun. The whole class runs about 90 minutes. At no point will Mr. Powar remove his shirt.

Participants go home with some of the coffee used in the class, and get a discount on brewing equipment. The consensus is that it’s a bargain for $25. Maybe that’s why they’re always sold out. That, and we limit the class to ten folks.

Scheduled classes:

Monday May 13th (full)

Monday May 20th (full)

Monday June 3rd (6 spots left)

Monday June 17th (10 spots left)

*all classes start at 6pm

Stop by the café, call our landline (415) 252-0800, or shoot us an email at orders@fourbarrelcoffee.com (subject line “coffee class”) for more information.

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Barista Bobby Valentino bikes against AIDS

FOURBARREL — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:52:04 +0000

You probably know Bobby, either from his stint as an espresso tech, or his continuing position as Four Barrel Coffee’s very first barista and my dear friend. Anyway, Bobby Valentino Sanchez is participating in this year’s AIDS Lifecycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles on June 2nd.

He just decided to join the ride a few days ago, so he needs a lot of support to reach the minimum fundraising requirement of $3,000 before the day of the ride. Nonetheless, he’s simultaneously pumped and stoked, and we can help get him on his bicycle.

I’ve attached a link to his donation page, in case you would like help him achieve his goal. The money goes to the SF AIDS Foundation. Nice, right? Donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE and can be done through installments.

To summarize: All donations are tax-deductible, support the SF Aids Foundation, and get Bobby out of our hair for a few days.

BOBBYS DONATION PAGE

P.S. If you would like to view his progress or just be his friend, find him as @bobbyvalentino on instagram. He’d like to express serious thanks for all donations big and small.

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Time Spent showing April 18 through May 22

FOURBARREL — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:10:13 +0000

We are super excited to showcase some amazing pieces in the show Time Spent by Mei-ling Humphrey here at Four Barrel for the next month. They are super amazing, so definitely check them out when you are in the cafe enjoying some tasty coffee.

Time Spent
Mei-ling Humphrey
April 18th – may 22nd
http://meilinghumphrey.com/

show:

In Time Spent, I directly appropriate anatomical images and illustrations, and paint them using thread. By drawing from a wide range of embroidery techniques and applying those techniques to images found in textbooks and medical imagery archives, I question assumed value systems. In contemporary Western culture, science is generally regarding as truth, or at the very least a concrete way to reach truth, and is respected as such. Within the art world, there is a subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) implied hierarchy of media. Painting is arguably very high on the ladder, if not the highest rung. Embroidery, on the other hand, is rarely considered art – it is craft. By framing my pieces and presenting them as paintings, I am asking the viewer what their values are, and where they come from.

bio:

Mei-ling was born in Hong Kong and lived there until she moved to Oakland in 2008 to attend California College of the Arts, where she received her BFA with high distinction. Her acceptance into CCA’s Individualized Major allowed her the unique opportunity to craft her own interdisciplinary education, drawing from diverse disciplines such as animation, print- and book-making, textiles, painting, metal and community arts.Mei-ling currently splits her time between the experimental project space IcTus Projects and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a contemporary multidisciplinary art museum in downtown San Francisco.

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O-Mon-Gonz! Omar’s Art Show closing April 11

FOURBARREL — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:38:40 +0000

Omar Gonzales’ art show closing party at Four Barrel Coffee will be Thursday, April 11 from 6-8pm.

Everybody’s talking about Omar. His work is on the cover of Momentum Magazine, Benny Gold’s blog, 111 Minna’s sketch party, Nooworks, and the weirdly popular Instagram handle @omongonz.

His art looks absolutely beautiful up on the walls. Just last week a boy and his mom stood in the middle of the floor for a long time, pointing and talking about each and every one. Damn hipsters.

Come by the shop on Thursday night, give Omar a kiss on the cheek, and chuckle as he blushes. 375 Valencia St SF CA 94103. For art inquiries, hit him up at omar (at) fourbarrelcoffee (dot) com. Cheers!

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4/6 Caledonia Alley Pop Up: Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates

FOURBARREL — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:21:03 +0000

Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates Popping Up at Four Barrel Coffee’s Caledonia Alley Saturday April 6, 2013

Meet Ginger Elizabeth and her crew of comely chocolatiers as they bring Sacramento’s finest to Four Barrel’s secret back alley on Saturday, April 6. She’s already been called one of North America’s top ten chocolatiers and won numerous accolades in her young career. We’re particularly pleased that her Opera Cake, featuring a Four Barrel Coffee Mousse, will be among Saturday’s offerings. And of course, Four Barrel staff will be serving drinks using a limited-roast single-origin espresso as well.
The Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates pop-up will run the full length of the Back Alley’s regular Saturday service, From 9 am-3 pm. So bring your extra quarters; it’s cheaper and easier than driving all the way to Sacramento for these treats!

Here’s the full menu:
Gateau Maison $4/slice
Opera Cake $6.5
Chocolate Macaron Lolli Pop $3.5/ea
Macaroons $1.75/ea
Chocolates $1.5/ea, 6pc box $12
Hot Chocolate Tin $15
Marshmallow Baton $6

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraiser

FOURBARREL — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:29:42 +0000

Four Barrel Coffee has teamed up with a local San Francisco resident that is fundraising for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She is a participant of Team in Training, and is competing in the 31st annual Wildflower Triathlon on May 5.

Instead of a normal boring fundraiser, she had a creative idea to have a contest where donations of at least $5 would give the participant a chance to guess the number of coffee beans in our Limited Edition Coffee Jar picture below.

The winner and runner up get pretty nice prize packages donated by yours truly.

Check out the contest here, and give your support for a change for some sweet coffee gear.

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OMNP! (Oh My Noise Pop): Sat March 2 12-6pm

FOURBARREL — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:20:52 +0000

Saturday March 2 (yes, mere hours away) marks the third annual Noise Pop Culture Club. It’s sort of an appendix to the massively massive Noise Pop music fest from Feb 26-March 3, situated in every nook and crevasse of San Francisco’s Swedish American Hall. It’ll include a talk with our hero Shepherd Fairey, weird silent films scored live by YACHT and Califone, and freaky interactive art.

Oh yeah, and the best damn French press and hand-poured coffee in the world, courtesy of Four Barrel Coffee’s two Brians: Brian Keeffe (pictured above), and Brian Thomas, former member of the Oklahoma University Botanical Society. They’ll be joined by such great sports as the Mission’s own Namu Gaji and St Vincent. Drool AND rule!

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COFFEE SCIENCE: CATALYZING MAD REACTIONS

FOURBARREL — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:58:07 +0000

Hey there fellow nerds. Remember when Galileo was all like, “The world is totally spinning, and going around the sun, pretty much like Copernicus said,” and then the Pope was like, “maybe you’d like to rethink that young man?” And then remember how as he was leaving the principal’s office, Galileo muttered under his breath, “but still… it moves.” Remember that?

Well, we’re on Galileo’s side. And to prove it, here’s a lovely little piece by bigshot San Francisco pop science writer Nathan Collins, of Nathan Explains Science. He and 4B’s Alex Powar get down and dirty with catalyzing mad reactions.

CHECK IT OUT

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The Secret of the Mill Revealed!

FOURBARREL — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:44:28 +0000

Hello Lovers,

Forget Valentine’s Day. The real question this winter is, “Where will you be on Wednesday, February 13^th?” Answer: you will be at the opening of The Mill at 736 Divisadero in San Francisco, California, USA.

Or maybe not. But that’s where we’ll be, at the official, honest-to-goodness opening of this collaboration between Four Barrel Coffee and Josey Baker Bread (age before beauty).

According to http://themillsf.com/ , it’ll be open every single day, from 7am to 9pm. So please join us whenever you’re free. We made it for you.

xo4B

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