FARLEY’S JUNE NEWSLETTER

Fathers Day

Happy Father’s Day!

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June Events

• Tuesday, June 3rd – Election Day: Get out and vote. Receive a free beverage upon display of your “I voted” sticker.
• Thursday, June 5th – Art Reception: “A Portrait of India’s Himachal Pradesh.” Photos by Gabriel Branbury of the peoples of the Himalayan Mountains, 7pm.
• Sunday, June 8th – Live Music: Nancy Wright Quartet. Sunday afternoon concert series featuring the jazz quartet of Nancy Wright on sax, Russell Golub on guitar, Bill Lanphier on bass and Bryan Bowman on drums, 3pm.
• Saturday, June 14th – Open Mike Comedy: Hosted by Liz Grant, open mike comedy every 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mike in the city on Saturdays. Newbies warmly welcomed! Sign-ups at 7:15 pm, show 7:30-9:30pm.
• Sunday, June 15th – Father’s Day: Free beverages for Dads. Farley’s annual tradition of honoring all Dads continues. Bring Dad in for a free coffee drink of his choice.
• Sunday, June 15th – Live Music: Father’s Day Concert by “Presidents Breakfast.” Recently returning from Berlin, Presidents Breakfast performs a musical salute to Dads, 2pm.
• Friday, June 20th – Summer Solstice: 108 sun salutes at Yoga Sita (http://yogasitasf.com), 1501 Mariposa Street, 5pm. Donations requested, all funds go to benefit Roma Smith in her recovery. Event followed by free coffee, tea or chai at Farley’s.
• Wednesday, June 25th – Live Music: The ever popular “Soul Delights”! Show at 8pm.
• Thursday, June 26th – Live Music: “Swindlefish” is an acoustic band consisting of Ben Barnes on vocals and fiddle, Mike on lead guitar, Lizie singing lead and backup, and Josh on guitar. Swindlefish plays original rock and bluegrass tunes that are up beat and make you leave signing a tune. Check them out online at: www.benjaminbarnes.com, show at 7pm.
• Saturday, June 28th – Open Mike Comedy: Hosted by Liz Grant. Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mike in the city on Saturdays. Sign-ups at 7:15 pm, show 7:30-9:30 pm.

Artist of the Month

A portrait of Himachal Pradesh

Photographs by Gabriel Branbury

Himachal is a small Indian State situated in the Himalayan Mountains. It borders Tibet and Kashmir to the north and Punjab and Uttaranchal to the south. This exhibition is an intimate look at the people of this state which is located in a pivotal part of Asia. The portraits include Tibetan exiles, Nepalese migrant laborers, traveling carnival workers and more. In order to keep the subjects feeling comfortable I usually spend time casually waiting for them to interact with me. I give all the people I photograph an instant Polaroid print. This tends to bring out an attitude of pride because they know that the image being made is for them. This project expresses my passion for open interaction with people. Each Image invokes that time and space where I connected with a unique human being.

Kullu Dushera Man

Window Display of the Month:
Taxi Signs – Al Gelder

“As a cabdriver always driving around looking for passengers, I notice old signs on buildings. Now and then I’ll grab a visual motif and apply it to the word “TAXI”. The panels on display are from the Mission District.” Al is a longtime San Francisco taxicab driver. He got his medallion in 1984 and became AL300.

News

New Espresso

Farley’s will be soon offering an exclusive new espresso and we want your help naming it. Submit your ideas to: info@farleyscoffee.com The selected winner will receive a special prize!

Bean Ball

Play “bean ball” buy one pound of any coffee beans at Farley’s and you are eligible to enter the drawing for two free SF Giants tickets. This month’s game features your SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS vs. the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, June 17th at 7:15PM. We will contact you if you are the lucky winner.

Manager’s Corner

Hey Farley’s Folks. June is going to be an exciting month here at the shop. As Farley’s has been evolving, we have been trying out new ideas big and small. A lot of our energy lately has been going into having great quality and the right variety of things for all of you. So here’s the dish:

New vegan cookies! I am particularly fond of the ginger flavor. Also, the savory gougeres appear to have some fans as well. And the dirt bombs well, let’s just say, some people eat two.

In addition to new treats, we are also introducing a new espresso blend from Milton, owner of Sunrise Coffee Company in San Leandro. He is the same local artisan that has been roasting much of our whole bean coffee for many years now. The new espresso is very delicious and blended and roasted only for Farley’s, so we have to name it and we need your help. In the coming month we will be holding a “Name the New Espresso” contest with an awesome prize, of course. We hope you love it as much as we do.

We have also begun packing up our coffee grounds for all you gardeners out there. I have been told roses love the stuff. There is a crate by the condiment bar filled with bags of grounds and a sign on it. Please help yourself to some. See you in the shop!

Special News:Farley’s and Sunrise Coffee Introduce New Exclusive Espresso Blend

Milton Coreas of Sunrise Coffee

Farley’s is proud to introduce a new proprietary blend of espresso that is hand roasted by Milton Coreas, owner of Sunrise Coffee in San Leandro. This new partnership allows Farley’s to control the taste and aroma of its espresso-based beverages.

Coreas began involvement in the coffee trade in El Salvador where as a young man, he picked coffee and worked in coffee mills. Coreas now owns a small 100 acre plantation in his home land that is growing organic and fair trade coffee. In the future, Coreas plans to build his own coffee mill to preserve the integrity of his estate grown coffees. In Coreas’ early days in the United States, he apprenticed with an East Bay roaster that was an outgrowth of one of the largest green bean importers on the West Coast.

Sunrise Coffee roasts in a vintage Probat roaster that is referred to as the Stradivarius of roasters. Coreas slow roasts small batches, only 30 to 100 pounds at a time. Thus he retains complete control over the quality avoiding sacrifices which would be made using an automated machine producing larger batches. It’s the small batch size and the operator that truly produce the blend Farley’s was looking for in a new espresso blend. Farley’s new proprietary blend is derived from two Central American and one South American bean. All beans are from small plantations and are shade grown “Pacas” coffee, thus making a more consistent blend. A small boutique batch is roasted each week exclusively for Farley’s.

In addition to the new exclusive blend Farley’s and Sunrise Coffee are producing, Farley’s barista, Josh, started an apprenticeship at Sunrise Coffee learning the art of roasting.

For more information about Farley’s new espresso blend or other beans, email us at info@farleyscoffee.com.

Contest!

Name the new espresso blend and win one week of free espresso drinks. Submit entries to info@farleyscoffee.com or leave a note at the counter with your suggestion, name and phone number.

Vote for Farley’s in the Prestigious Best of the Bay Readers Poll!

The San Francisco Bay Guardian continues its now famous, annual reader’s poll and we want your support. You can vote for Farley’s and your other favorite establishments online at: http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/ or pickup the latest issue to vote in writing. To vote online, you must complete all pages and include your name at the end of voting. No matter how you do it, show us your love.