Ritual Coffee Roasters

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Ritual Coffee Roasters
Founded2005 (2005) in San Francisco, California
Founder
  • Eileen Hassi Rinaldi
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
6 [1]  (2019)
Area served
United States
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Ritual Coffee

Ritual Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster based in San Francisco, California, with six cafes in San Francisco and Napa. [2] Founded in 2005, [3] Ritual Roasters is considered part of the "third wave of coffee" independent companies which both roast their own beans, wholesale, and operate cafes. Their peers include Blue Bottle Coffee Company and Four Barrel Coffee, [4] among others. In March 2017, Somatik partnered with Ritual Coffee to make $12 marijuana-infused cold brew. [5] [6]

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In 2021, the Haight Street location of Ritual Coffee Roasters was damaged during a shooting in the area, when the café was struck by gunfire. [7] The incident was cited in later reporting as one of several challenges affecting the operation of the location. In March 2025, the company announced the closure of its Haight Street café, ending a nine-year presence in the neighbourhood, with the location scheduled to close on April 11. [8]

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References

  1. "Ritual Coffee". November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. "Small Bay Area Coffee Roasters Spread Out", The New York Times , April 4, 2010, retrieved January 4, 2020
  3. "Cafe 2.0: After the Gold Rush", Wired.com , October 18, 2012, retrieved January 4, 2020
  4. "Blue Bottle Cashes in on Coffee Authenticity", Wired.com , October 16, 2012, retrieved January 4, 2020
  5. "San Francisco's trendiest coffee roaster is now making a $12 marijuana-infused cold brew". Business Insider . March 16, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  6. "Naked Roaster Coffee" . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. Roland Li (October 25, 2021). "Shooting in S.F.'s Haight-Ashbury leaves one person with life-threatening injuries". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  8. Aidin Vaziri (March 28, 2025). "'It's not you, it's the city': Ritual Coffee to close Haight-Ashbury café in San Francisco". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 29, 2026.