Revolution Roasters

Revolution Roasters anchors a stretch of South Coast Highway in Oceanside, a few blocks from the pier and the railroad tracks that hug the California coast. The company started in 2011 in a garage with a Probat L12 drum roaster, founded around quality and approachability. The Oceanside cafe runs as a one-stop: specialty coffee at the bar, fresh pastries from the kitchen, breakfast plates, and beans roasted in the back. They pour Straus organic milk in every espresso drink unless you swap for oat or their scratch-made almond. Pastries rotate seasonally. On weekend mornings the room pulls surfers off the sand and locals walking up from the train station. Order the cortado if you want espresso with the milk Revolution sources from a single Sonoma County dairy. Order the rotating drip if you came to taste what was roasted on the L12 this morning.