Thank you everyone for coming down and celebrating with us. It was a crazy busy day so someone must have spread the word. It was super fun.

Throughout this week there will continuing improvements. We have a lot of new tables and chairs coming. All tables will be custom works of art. New murals from other up and coming artists like Sean Boyles. New delightful custom made umbrellas on the patio, many more tables and chairs on hte patio, a new separate smoking section off the patio, and some new food and pastry items as well. And some super sexy new Guittard single origin chocolate bars.

keep coming back all week to check out the new changes. So far having only one size and having more sustainable prices on drinks has been received pretty well. It has allowed us to provide health, dental and vision insurance to all of our employees, provide Strauss organic milk, upgrade all of our supplies like muscavado sugar, fresh ginger etc. We are excited about this new coffee centric focus.

Thank you coffee lovers. We love you.

just to let some coffee freaks know…

don’t bother bringing any money to pay for all the crazy high end drinks on Monday. As they will all be free, gratis, no charge, on the house. Bring cash for crazy tips for the Baristas making you sweet coffee love though.

we are doing a little 4 year anniversary espressoabration and comping all serious and signature drinks on Monday the 29th so come on down and drink like a fish. All you can drink all day.

To our beloved customers –An introduction to Barefoot 4.0

As you probably already know, the Barefoot Cafe is planning to introduce a new menu. We have been doing a lot of talking, philosophizing, analyzing, researching, deliberating, debating, questioning and thinking about what Barefoot is all about. The answer we came up with after nearly a year? Coffee. Barefoot Coffee. Serious Coffee. Coffee, coffee, beautiful wonderful incredibly tasty coffee.

What is Barefoot coffee? Our super talented and skilled roasting team strives to roast to have the coffee taste of “terroir” - French for “taste of the earth”. Unlike other coffee roasters with a “signature roast” Barefoot Coffee Roasters tries to reveal the unique flavor of each coffee that is created through the magical combination of soil, sun, water, coffee species and varietal, weather, and processing method. Coffee is a very complex beverage, with over 800 chemicals composing the flavor, as opposed to wine’s 400. Coffee is a fruit, it is produce – a magical cherry that is highly perishable – even the seed that we call a “coffee bean” and roast and brew and drink loses it’s flavor and quality much quicker than chocolate, tea, or yerba mate.

What is serious coffee? It is small, intense, complex and beautiful. It is high quality, made by hand, with great concern for the origin and processing of all the ingredients used. It is ethical, it is environmental, it is sustainable, it is delicious. It is a culinary art. It is a science and a craft. It is the core of what Barefoot is and what we all share a common love for. Serious Barefoot coffee is what we do best, and we are narrowing our focus to do what we do best in order to do it even better. In order to improve upon our quality, speed, and service we are making many changes, including

Major Changes:

1. Strauss Family Creamery milk. Amazing milk from the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi. Strauss cows are mostly grass fed and spend much of the year feeding on real fresh green pasture. Much of the rest of the feed is grown by Strauss itself. The rest of the feed used is tested for GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) contamination – an unmatched step in the dairy industry that exceeds USDA organic standards and ensures a truly organic product.
2. Guittard chocolate – outstanding chocolate from one of America’s few remaining independent chocolatiers,
3. One size per drink. There will be no “Big” 20oz size for espresso based drinks.
4. Price corrections and increases. Some menu items will remain the same, others will increase some.
5. No commercial syrups or additives. We are going start making many more ingredients in house including ginger and whipped cream (Strauss of course), and upgrading the quality of many others including sugar and vanilla.
6. The price range of drinks will remain the same as other cafes – between 2 and 5 dollars a drink.
7. All French presses will be served only for here in real cups to guarantee both the quality and your enjoyment.

continued…

Last weekend it was the lovely barista Leslie from Bellano’s rocking behind the bar as our guest barista. Pouring some stunning latte art, a few Barefoot ego’s were put in check. Coming up this weekend we have Victrola’s Streamline Espresso as our guest espresso. Drinking Streamline is like daydreaming about eating fresh berrys while walking a carmel path in a pine forest. Plus it is now roasted the man straight out of the Dub-C, the man who hooked me on great coffee, “my roomate is a mini-Diedrich” Keith.

- Scott

Best independent coffee shop

1. Temple Fine Coffee and Tea
1014 10th Street, (916) 443-4960
www.templecoffee.com

And it seems a first that we have ever heard of:

Best overall service (for ALL dining in Sacramento!!!)

1. Mulvaney’s Building & Loan
1215 19th Street, Suite 100; (916) 441-6022
www.culinaryspecialists.com/mulvaneyBL.htm

2. The Waterboy
2000 Capitol Avenue, (916) 498-9891
www.waterboyrestaurant.com

3. Temple Fine Coffee and Tea
1014 10th Street, (916) 443-4960
www.templecoffee.com

and check out the top two restaurants, high end dining and high end coffee? Oh Yeah!

Great News!

In the next few weeks Barefoot Coffee will be launching a brand new menu with some great new drinks and many of your old favorites!

And we will be serving the brand new Strauss Family Creamery Organic Barista Milk!

We are also switching the majority of our packaging, cups, bags etc to eco-friendly sustainable and biodegradeable materials!

We will close for one day to do some upgrades and remodeling to make the cafe even better.

So stay tuned for more details!