Sextant Coffee Roasters

First-generation Ethiopian owner Kinani Ahmed created this independent café and roastery in 2014 and today works with farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia and elsewhere to source his beans. One coffeehouse location is at Folsom and 10th while the other is on Valencia at 16th. The spot’s name references the sextant, a ship’s navigational tool, and Sextant’s website explains that for Ahmed, it’s a symbol of how coffee was first transported out of Africa. Try the Wired Gandhi, a spicy house specialty made from espresso and chai, and go home with a bag of Maiden Voyage whole beans, a 100 percent Ethiopian blend.