TURNING POINT USA: PASTOR'S SUMMIT

Turning Point USA is a fantastic non-profit organization out of Phoenix Arizona that is all about spreading 2 fundamental truths across the nation. That is that Jesus Christ is king of all and that the United States of America is a nation that has been blessed by God because of our Christian founding and because of that we have alleviated more people worldwide out of poverty by our charity work, that we have been a beacon for freedom across the world and that, despite what some in the media like to say, we are not in fact a racist country. The organization believes in Freedom, in Limited Government, and Free Markets in America.

We are blessed with the opportunity to be able to provide 50 bottles of our Cold Brew for the speakers of the upcoming Pastor’s Summit 2023 in San Diego on September 13 - 15 and we hope to do many more events with them moving forward. AmericaFest 2023 is an event that we are really hoping to be apart, and will keep you posted on how that turns out.

Rugged Coffee is a coffee catering company that is rooted in the Grace that was given to us freely by the works and sacrifice of Jesus Christ and we think that America is a country of exceptionalism and greatness, so teaming up with Turning Point USA is a no brainer for us because our values align perfectly. Because of this freedom and Grace that we have received, we have been able to create this business and watch it flourish and we want to make sure that everyone has that same ability to do what they love and that is why we stand up for our values and will do everything we can to preserve those values in this great country.

We are a coffee catering company that caters to businesses, conferences, conventions, weddings, parties, concerts, and anything else that you may need coffee at.

MOBILE DESSERT

With the summer season upon us, it is a great time to start thinking about cold desserts, such as our ice cream and affogato bar. With this addition to our espresso bar, all of your guests get to choose from a menu of Affogato’s, Cold Brew Floats, and just straight up ice cream. We carry delicious ice cream flavors of Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint Chip, and Cookie Butter. Just because our menu states affogato, cold brew float, and ice cream that doesn’t mean that they are only limited to those options, they can get creative and combine other drinks to make any iced beverage a float. We’ve seen Matcha Floats, Mocha Latte Floats, Chocolate Milk Floats, and so much more. Not only do people mix and match the floats, but your guests can also mix and match the ice cream options, as well. They can get Mint Chip and Vanilla, Cookie Butter and Chocolate, Vanilla and Chocolate, or just a kamikaze of all the options, then put any float option you’d like over that ice cream mixture. The options are almost endless to our ice cream dessert bar.

If ice cream isn’t what you’re looking for, then we have freshly baked artisan pastries, as well. These pastries come in assortments of 50 count, 75ct, 100ct, 125ct, and 150ct with pastries such as the cheese danish, chocolate criossant, plain croissant, seasonal flavor scone, blueberry muffin, banana muffin, an artisan poptart, delicious galtette’s with a dollop of house-made whipped cream on top, and the ever-popular and decadent cinnamon roll.

For any time of the day, we've got the dessert or breakfast item for you. From Ice Cream to Pastries, pairing with coffee has never been more exciting and delicious. And dont forget, the 4th of July is coming up and if you need to up your coffee homebrew setup, then check out our online coffee store where we have all of the items that we recommend for sale with no confusion.

CONFERENCES & CONVENTIONS

Having coffee at a conference is a necessity. We find that we are the most busy booth at the entire conference because every person needs their coffee to stay alert for the numerous breakout rooms, as well as, a lot of people using fly-in from out of state, so the jet lag and time zone differences usually really affect people. Without their endless supply of coffee, they are going to not be able to concentrate on the reason they are there and Specialty Coffee brings that alertness and gratitude to a whole nother level.

With the constant bombardment of tired guests wanting their coffee all day long, you will need to have a catering company who has the experience with handling this type of rush. We found that normal coffee shops that do catering on the side, typically they try to infuse their coffee shop standards into a catering, which if you have been to a coffee shop and seen how long it takes to make one drink, then you will understand why that doesn’t work. We are coffee caterers who started as coffee caterers and have over 7 years of experience with our company in the catering industry. We have created excellent catering standards so that you get the most delicious coffee service, with the greatest care with extremely minimal wait times. This means that your guests wont have to wait long in line so they can get back to their breakout rooms where they can be focused on the conference.

Not only do we use excellent standards that keep our drinks tasting the best and the wait times only seconds per drinks, but we also use the finest specialty grade coffee around and best ingredients, so that you know that your conference will be known for quality. We have heard guests still talking about how much they enjoyed our coffee even years later, so you know that your conference will be talked about for a long time afterwards.

COFFEE: SUR COFFEE ROASTERS

Today we just got access to a new coffee roasting company that we are proud to start offering called Sur Coffee. This coffee roastery is located in San Diego, San Clemente, and Huntington Beach (I guess they like the beach since all 3 locations are at the beach, lol). This company only works in Direct Trade, so that means that they are the ones who are directly connected to the farmers and that also means that they have visited each farm of every coffee that they serve to ensure that the best and highest quality of processes are happening at each farm. One thing about Direct Trade, that most people dont know about is that because they directly interact with every farm, they cut out the middlemen and can therefore pay the farmers a higher premium, so the farmers are able to afford better processes to make even better coffee.

We like to partner with Specialty Coffee roasters like Sur Coffee because, not only do they help the world grow better coffee, but they also roast great coffee beans for us to use and for you to drink. Some other coffee roasteries that have great beans that we enjoy using are Lion and Lamb Coffee, Portola Coffee, and Arcade Roasters. These 3 coffee roasters have been the main coffee providers that we have been using these last few years, but we also have many other companies that we work with; some local and some farther away (but mainly local).

The specific coffee beans that we look for are Single Origin coffee, and that just means that the coffee beans that we are using at any particular time are grown at one farm rather than in a blend where it is a blend of coffees from different countries and different farms. Another thing that we look for is that the beans are roasted light, so that all the natural and inherent flavors are brought out in the brew and lastly we only work with washed processed coffee. Washed processed coffee just means that after the coffee cherry is fully ripe (the beans grow inside of a cherry), they are then picked, then the cherry is removed, and the beans are washed of any cherry pulp stuck on it. After the beans are fully washed, then they are laid out to dry in the sun.

Finding excellent coffee roasters that provide specialty grade washed process coffee is one thing that we really enjoy doing so that we can support our local businesses and so that we have more of a variety of coffee to choose from to serve you all.

4th of July 2023

We are planning on launching our online store just in time for this years 4th of July celebration. We have done extensive research and curated a quality list of coffee equipment such as the Baratza Encore grinder, the Espro Bloom Pour Over vessel, the Espro Bloom coffee filters, the Brewista Artisan Variable Temperature Kettle, and the Brewista Ratio Scale. Each one of these items we have carefully tested and so you can rest assured that it has stood the Rugged Coffee approved test.

Our mission with our options was to cumulate a list of excellent brewing equipment for home brewers, but without the high price tag that the mainstream items go for. We tested several different items in each category, side by side, to come up with our approved list. We tried the Timemore Mirror scale, which is flashy in appearance, but very inaccurate in weight registration. We tried the Brewista Smart Scale, which was smaller in size but also slower in weight registration; accurate, but slow responsiveness. In the past, we have tried the Hario scales, but they break too easily, and the Acaia Pearl scales, which are excellent scales, but way too expensive and their recharge port damages very quickly. The Brewista Ratio scale was the one that we landed on because it is has a very quick weight response, it has a brew timer, it has a ratio calculator on it, and it also reads in ounces.

The pour over vessel that we landed on was decided through a blind test of each vessel we tested. We did this by creating the best brew recipe for each vessel, then we brewed one each vessel using that brew recipe that we created for it, then blindly tasted each one. The Espro Bloom stood the test and was the best by far on the counter. We chose the Brewista Artisan Variable Temperature Kettle because it was a beautiful looking kettle, it has the gooseneck shape that we are looking for, and it gets to the temperature we set it to, while holding that temperature for an hour.

All of our equipment is white in color, other than the Brewista Ratio Scale and the Espro Bloom because they didn’t offer the white color option. We are always looking for new and better equipment, so if you have any recommendations for us, then please do not hesitate to let us know in the comments section.

COFFEE FOR CORPORATE EVENTS

It’s a fact that people operate better at work when they are more alert, and when they feel they are cared for. What we are offering you is the ability to provide both those necessary aspects for your employees by bringing specialty coffee to them so they know they are cared for because you provided a delicious beverage that will make them more alert. 

Rugged Coffee is a Specialty Coffee Catering Company based in Southern California and we have been offering our services for businesses, conferences, and conventions since 2016. The reason specialty coffee is sought after today is because the quality in your cup is so much better than the drinks you get at the big chain stores, but specialty coffee has also gotten a bad reputation because of the snobby and elitist attitudes of the baristas. We pride ourselves in the unparalleled quality that we bring to each service and in the friendly and welcoming atmosphere we provide. A place you can be assured that each and every drink that is ordered is not only delicious, but also is met with smiling faces and great attitudes. We guarantee that your guests will leave our station smiling and drinking one of the best coffee drinks they’ve ever had.

Rugged Coffee specializes in creating great experiences using phenomenal coffee as the means to deliver those experiences. We use our coffee expertise and our 7 years of experience in the catering industry to bring you coffee that is incomparable in quality and taste with service that is efficient and caring. We not only bring excellent coffee beans, but we also bring top shelf espresso drinks, some of the best cold brewed coffee on the market, as well as, the best and most unique custom flavored latte’s. Flavors like the Samoa Girlscout Cookie latte, Lavender Honey Latte, Apple Pie latte, Chestnut Praline latte, and many more. Through our years of experience, we have found the most efficient way to serve excellent coffee so that guests aren’t waiting for their drink for long periods of time while our drink quality remains uncompromised. How do we do that you ask? We spend a lot of time in the preparation of the ingredients so that our Barista’s just have to focus on the measurements and making our guests feel great about their time spent with us. 

We have worked with some top companies, such as, the Honda Center in Anaheim, Fox Racing in Irvine, Oakley in Foothill Ranch, Taylormade in Carlsbad, Hitachi Energy, Cabi Experience in Carson, the House of Blues in Downtown Disney, and many more.

BREWING COFFEE: ESPRO BLOOM POUR-OVER

Trying to find a great way to brew your morning coffee with the best pour-over equipment is hard to find with the never-ending amount of information online these days. So how do you remove the chaff and find the right info in the coffee industry? The best way is to follow us. We are constantly looking for the best ways to brew and make coffee, which means that we are never content with being just good enough. With that being said, we have recently been doing tons of research trying to find the best pour-over and finding the best brew method for that pour-over, which brought us to the Espro Bloom.

The Espro Bloom is a flat bottom pour-over, but instead of having a few holes on the bottom to slow the draw-through, this flat bottom pour-over has micro perforations along the entire bottom, similar to what you would see on the bottom of a portafilter basket. The shape of the vessel allows for the most even extraction possible, which is why we recommend this vessel as our top choice for the best tasting pour-over coffee. We will be offering this vessel on our website for sale within the next week or so and our pour-over method for this vessel is as follows. We hope you enjoy!

ESPRO BLOOM DRIPPER

• Coffee Dose: 24g

• Water Dose: 400g

• Grind Size: Medium/Fine

• Brew Time: 3:20 - 3:40

PROCEDURE:

1. Bloom: 

1. Start a timer and Pour 55g - 60g of hot water over the coffee grounds to fully saturate. 

2. Let it sit until the timer reads 40 seconds. 

2. Brew:

1. Pour water slowly in a spiral-like pour until you get to 150g. This should take about 20 seconds. 

2. Wait 20 seconds. 

3. When the timer reaches 1:20, then slowly start pouring up to 225g. This should take about 20 seconds. 

4. Wait 20 seconds. 

5. When the timer reaches 2:00, then slowly start pouring until the scale reads 300g. This should take about 20 seconds. 

6. Wait 20 seconds.

7. When the timer reaches 2:40, slowly start pouring the last pour up to 400g (+/- 3g). This should take about 20 seconds.

3. The Finish: 

1. Let the water seep through the ground bed until there are no more puddles of water remaining, then stop the timer. 

2. Carefully remove the Bloom Dripper from the server and throw the spent filter and grounds away. 

ICE CREAM, AFFOGATO'S, AND COLD BREW FLOAT'S

For these upcoming hot summer days, what is better than having an ice cream bar at your wedding or event serving really high-quality ice cream? Pairing our ice cream service with our espresso bar coffee catering, you get options that you wont get from just any ordinary ice cream caterer. We offer unique ice cream offerings, such as, the Affogato, which is our delicious espresso pulled directly into your ice cream, or a Cold Brew Float. Imagine drinking our amazing cold brew while indulging on some ice cream at the same time, well that’s what it’s like to have a cold brew float from us, having this decadent option is an option you cant pass up.

At the evening time, when people have been busy all day with conferences, work meetings, or even have been at your wedding all day, it can be a little tiring on the attendees, but with this option it’s a good way to get some dessert to your guests while getting them an energy jolt. We see people finding it so hard to put down that they end up eating their entire Affogato or Cold Brew Float within minutes and coming back to get more. Not only do we offer the options on the menu, like the Affogato or Cold Brew Float or just plain Ice Cream, but we can also get creative with the guests. If they want us to add a Signature Flavor to the Ice Cream, then we can absolutely do that for them or if they want ice cream in their mocha or their latte, we say, “lets do it!”. We are here to make your coffee dreams come true, the best way possible.

The Ice Cream options that we bring to each event is Vanilla, Chocolate, Cookie Butter, and Mint Chip. We can mix and match the options in your bowl or just give you that one ice cream flavor. Remember, the only limits we have are your imagination and quality.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCES: COFFEE SERVICES

Conferences happen in Southern California quite often, especially in San Diego, Orange County, and the Inland Empire. Conferences usually last for several days and they are long and intensive leaving those that attend tired and spent, which is why its always a great idea to have delicious Specialty Coffee provided for those attending.

We have catered at so many conferences in the past and we love serving at them. In our experience, people are constantly coming to us to get the coffee fuel they need to keep them going through out the day. The nonstop bombardment of people is so fun to serve and that ends up making our day fly by; time fly’s when you’re having fun.

We use some of the best coffee beans in Southern California for our coffee station, which is one reason why people keep coming back to us all day long during these conferences. Some beans that we use are Portola Coffee out of Costa Mesa, Lion and Lamb Coffee out of Costa Mesa, Arcade Coffee out of Riverside, Hidden House Coffee out of Santa Ana, Lamill Coffee out of Alhambra, and Golden State Coffee out of Placentia, just to name a few. We never cut corners when it comes to quality which is why we use only the best Specialty Coffee beans that are medium to light roasted.

Some of the places that we have served at for these conferences are the San Diego Convention Center, the Sheraton Hotel and Marina, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the Manchester Gran Hyatt, the Westin Anaheim Resort, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, The DoubleTree Ontario, the Toyota Arena, and we cant wait to serve at many more. We have mastered the art of serving quickly with really high quality, which makes us perfect for conferences because their tired and exhausted attendees usually need the coffee quickly and they need it all day long.