Linea Caffe was founded in San Francisco in 2013 as the latest project of the roaster Andrew Barnett, whose work centres on sweetness-forward coffee and espresso. The name comes from the Italian for “line”, after the throughline that runs through every step and every person between a coffee seedling and the cup.

Organic coffee has been Linea’s focus since it started, and it has partnered with regenerative organic farmers, producers and importers from the beginning. In 2023 it became a Certified B Corporation and moved its entire coffee inventory to certified organic, and it is also a certified California Green Business. New York Times Wirecutter called a Linea cup “possibly the most elegant and balanced cup of coffee” its reviewer had tasted, in 2025.

Linea roasts at its roastery and café in Potrero Hill, and runs two more cafés, one in the Mission and one by Dolores Park. The drinks menu runs from drip, espresso, macchiato and cortado to cappuccino, caffe latte and mocha, with cold brewed coffee, an iced espresso tonic, a shakerato, espresso con panna and a salted maple latte. Milk is organic, from Straus Family Creamery, and the oat milk is Minor Figures organic. Non-coffee drinks include a golden milk latte, Mizuba matcha, Tipu’s chai and Song Tea.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Linea Caffe