In the Gold Rush days of 1849, great Clipper Ships carried the
world’s finest coffee into the port of San Francisco.
The longshoremen would unload the coffee pallets by hand and
when a bag would break open the workers would take these fine beans home with
them while riding on the famous San Francisco Cable Cars.
They would trade the best coffee beans for free rides on the
San Francisco Cable Cars.
The San Francisco Cable Car drivers would then take these fine
coffee beans back to the Cable Car Barn where they would experiment with different
coffee blends. Over a period of many years, they created some of the world’s
finest coffees and blends. These secret blends were passed from one generation
of San Francisco Cable Car drivers to another over a period of many years.
Cable Car Coffee Company Inc. opened its shop at the famous San
Francisco Cable Car Turnaround at Market and Powell streets in San Francisco
in 1988.
The cable car drivers were so impressed with our high quality
coffee standards, that they shared their secret coffee blends with us. In return
we would serve them the worlds finest coffee during their much needed coffee
breaks at the San Francisco Cable Car turnaround. We now proudly serve these
wonderful time proven coffee blends to you from our Classic San Francisco Cable
Car.
