SPECIALTY COFFEE CATERING

Coffee catering is an industry where companies are plentiful, so it’s easy to find someone catering coffee. The problem with coffee caterers and mobile espresso bars is that most of them dont know what they are doing. They do what most coffee shop owners do, and that is that they get into the industry because they think that it’ll be easy and that all they need to do is get machines and coffee beans, while the rest will handle itself. This is why there are so many bad coffee shops and bad coffee caterers. Rugged Coffee is different though, we have started a coffee catering company because we have catered before and know how to do it so that we are efficient and so that every coffee we serve tastes the amazing.

Specialty Coffee is an industry that is tricky to be involved in, and easy to mess up. The science of coffee is tricky and the variables to keep in mind are plentiful. Things you have to keep in mind are grind size (whether the grind is too coarse or too fine), the water (how much or little water to use or what minerals are in the water), and the brew time (brewing too long will yield bitter tastes and brewing too fast can result in sour and light tasting coffee). Brewing coffee perfectly is hard to do but once you’ve mastered it, then it comes as second nature, but now add another variable into the mix, serving events, and things get complicated again. Treating catering like a coffee shop will result in service that takes far too long, but serving fast without standards will get you back to where we started where the coffee will taste terrible. That is why creating efficient serving standards while keeping coffee quality high is the goal of any coffee caterer. At Rugged Coffee, through the 8 years that we have been in business, we have created many standards to serve fast and coffee quality high.

Try our services out today to find for yourself how we are able to serve your guests fantastic coffee efficiently using our local mobile coffee bar.

WEST COAST VENUES

When looking at venue to host your wedding, event, conference, or convention at, what better place than the Southern California West Coast? With views of San Diego Beach, La Jolla Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Emerald Bay, Newport Beach, Balboa, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Belmont Shore, Long Beach, and the beautiful Rancho Palos Verdes you can’t go wrong with a west coast venue. Being a caterer in Southern California, we have to be willing to travel and so going to any of these west coast venues or any Southern California venues is what we do.

Some of the most beautiful southern california venues that we have catered at has been the Terranea in Rancho Palos Verdes, the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa in San Diego, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, the San Diego Convention Center, the Montage in Laguna Beach, Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, VEA Newport Beach a Marriott Resort and Spa, Balboa Bay Resort, the Resort at Pelican Hill, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, The Westin Long Beach, Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, Palm Springs Wedding Chapel, La Chureya Estate in Palm Springs, and there are so many more beautiful venues all over Southern California that we cant name them all.

Rugged Coffee is a coffee catering company that offers your event a fun and elegant way to please the nonalcoholic drinkers at your event while keeping everyone (including the alcohol drinkers) awake through the entire event. Whether your event or wedding is in the morning or in the evening, we guarantee that we will liven up your guests and your event. No event is too big or too small for us, so let us know how we can help to make your next event or wedding the talk of the town. Click the “Reserve” tab to reach out to us.

DESSERT, PASTRY, & ICE CREAM CATERING

Having top quality desserts after dinner at your wedding or event is a must, which is why we have worked continuously to create a top tiered ice cream that we can be proud to serve at the events that we serve at with our mobile ice cream cart. We have also teamed up with an amazing pastry chef to bring you the most delicious pastries. Gooey Cinnamon Rolls, Decadent Danishes, Flakey Croissants, and more; what more could you ask for in a caterer.

Our ice cream is made-from-scratch so you know that there are no artificial ingredients and since we pride ourselves in the quality of ingredients that we serve in all aspects of our catering, you can rest assured that we make our ice cream with only top tier quality ingredients as well. You get to choose from our list of ice cream flavors for us to freshly make for your wedding, from flavors like our Vanilla, Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, Chocolate Cookies & Cream, Caramel to our more unique flavors of our Lavender and Matcha. Do you want an ice cream flavor that you don’t see? Request it in your initial inquiry and we will try to create that ice cream flavor just for you. When pairing our ice cream bar and our espresso bar together the menu your guests get to choose from dramatically opens up creating options like the Affogato, Mocha Float, Cold Brew Float, Latte Float, any Signature Flavor Latte Float, and anything else that your guests can think of that isn’t already listed.

For our Artisan Mobile Pastry option upgrade we have partnered with one of the best pastry chefs that we have come across ever and because of that, we are able to bring their quality pastries directly to your event so that you can pair that with our decadent coffee beverages. Reach out today to see how our Espresso Catering along with mobile pastries or mobile ice cream bar can make your event truly one to be envied by everyone there.

ICE CREAM AND COFFEE CATERING

What other company offers you the ability to have delicious coffee and ice cream at your wedding that you cant find anywhere else? Since we are a catering company, you wont be able to have our coffee anywhere other than at your event which makes your wedding extremely unique. Most ice cream stores or caterers purchase ice cream from another company that makes it, but we make our ice cream ourselves from scratch, so we know the exact ingredients and make it with the best quality you can find. We offer you the choice of 3 ice cream flavors from our list. Our mobile ice cream cart list includes Chocolate, Vanilla, Cookie & Cream, Lavender Honey, Chocolate Cookies & Cream, Caramel, and Matcha.

When you order our Ice Cream bar upgrade, it comes alongside our Espresso Bar catering which opens the list to a multitude of items that you and your guests can get from us. Our Espresso Bar catering comes with the standard drinks, offered both hot or iced, like the Mocha, Latte, Cappuccino, Macchiato, Americano, Hot French Press Brewed Coffee, Cold Brewed Coffee with our special signature flavors where you get to choose 3 to be on your menu from our extensive list that you can find on the homepage of our website. Pair that mobile coffee bar with our mobile ice cream bar and you get additional items like the Affogato, Mocha Float, Cold Brew Float, Latte Float, and any signature flavor latte float. Some Signature Flavors that we are able to make for your wedding or event that we could add to a float would be the Chestnut Praline, the Samoa, Blueberry Mocha, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, Churro, Hazelnut Praline, Eggnog, and much more.

Not only do you have the ability to add ice cream and coffee together to make floats, but even if you dont want to have coffee but still want to try the signature flavors, then you can always get a Signature flavor milk float or just add some syrup to the top of the ice cream. Anyway you get ice cream is the right way so request that with us in your next inquiry to see what sort of ice cream fun we can make for your wedding or event!

SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER

Rugged Coffee is an expert at catering massive crowds. We keep our quality top notch while serving thousands of guests the most delicious coffee they’ve ever had. We have many years of experience serving at the San Diego Convention Center while serving our delicious coffee to an audience of 10,000+ guests for the Hitachi Energy center booth. We have served for large companies like Oakley Corp., Fox Racing Corp., Lincoln, Levi Strauss, Taylormade Golf, Standard Chartered, and we consistently serve backstage at the Honda Center, and the House of Blues Anaheim, as well as, The Terranea Resort. So you can see that we are trusted by some of the most well know companies and brands.

At the Distributech International convention at the San Diego Convention Center, we had a coffee cart set up at the Hitchi Energy booth (which was the main center attraction booth) and we were also set up at the ABB booth serving delicious coffee to the masses out of 2 separate locations of these sister companies. We not only serve amazing coffee, but we also serve amazing flavored lattes, like our Churro Latte, or Chestnut Praline Latte, and even our Reese’s Mocha, plus many more. Because we were at the main booths of the convention, we were busy nonstop all day.

Another convention that we served at was the AFP convention where all of the top banks were at showcasing their companies. At this convention, we were in the Standard Chartered Bank booth which is a massive bank that has locations worldwide. At this convention we weren’t at the center main booth, but after just a little bit of time there, we were serving the guests like we were the main booth because once people find out about how delicious our coffee is, guests will flock to us no matter what.

Catering at Conferences and Conventions in Southern California and Las Vegas Nevada is what we do best, so if you want an excellent coffee provider to come serve your guests joyfully and quickly with the best drinks they’ve ever had while showcasing your brand, then look no further because you found the best.