Pixlcat Coffee

People

David, Daniel, and Dennis Lee, with Jeff Kim, alongside 3 part- and 6 full-time employees

Where

San Francisco

About

Pixlcat Coffee is a family-owned business specializing in butter mochi muffins and lattes, the latest in a series of restaurants owned and operated by the Lee brothers. Originally from Boston, the Lee brothers come from a restaurant family, where they grew up surrounded by people who owned and worked in local restaurants. In their 20 years of experience running various popular San Francisco restaurants, they’ve come to value community, health, and thoughtfulness in their decision making.  

Being made from rice flour means that all of the mochi muffins are traditionally gluten free. All of their small-batch butter mochi muffins are handmade every day and flavored with syrups that are made from scratch, such as their black sesame syrup. They use unique flavorings in their muffins, much like their s’more flavor, which contains marshmallow meringue and chocolate chunk.

Sourcing

Coffee is sourced from Four Barrel Coffee and roasted fresh every week. Milk is sourced from Double 8 Dairy, a small family farm in Petaluma. Their matcha comes from Aroma Tea Shop in San Francisco. All syrups are made with organic ingredients whenever possible.