Cafe Moto

Our family has been roasting coffee in San Diego since the late 1960s. With a long-time love of vintage motorcycle racing, technical involvement with espresso machines and coffee blends, we launched Cafe Moto in 1990. We continue to create new products and offerings to meet the changing tastes of our customers and keep pace with the evolving demands of the market – in San Diego and around the country.

Our logo incorporates the vapor gauge of the coffee machines and the fast-winged freedom of the open road. Inside the roastery, a small machine workbench and parts occupied one half, and a demonstration/sales room filled the other. Bringing prospective clients to the roastery and offering a close-up experience of the whole coffee concept, from the green to the cortado, has proven to be a winning formula for us and our customers. The coffee we serve is the focus, but the racing fundamentals of customization and performance remain core principles of our business.
Over the years, our roastery has moved to several different San Diego locations. Now we are in our fourth roastery store location in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of downtown San Diego where customers and clients can enjoy our cafe, store and roastery. In Barrio Logan, we’ve been able to blend the best of old and new, adding 105 solar panels for a 30 kilowatt system while continuing to use our 1931 Jabez Burns American Jubilee Batch Roaster. We roast coffee in small batches, four to five days per week, promoting freshness and quality. Our product listing still includes equipment, teas, chocolate mixes, apparatus, and many other ingredients for a home, commercial, or professional coffee bar establishment.

Our vision to be a company that strives to make a lasting, positive impact on the places we conduct our business goes into every roast we offer. Customer satisfaction with our coffee and tea products has kept clients coming back for years.