Espresso & Lattes Carts in California

Sparrows Coffee is a mobile espresso and coffee cart company based in Sacramento, started by husband-and-wife team Max and Marianna after their wedding in June 2022. Their menu covers espresso drinks, cold brew, signature drinks and non-coffee options. Trained baristas run the service, and the cart, supplies, setup and breakdown are all included. They cater weddings, bridal showers, birthdays, office events, conferences, trade shows, holiday parties and brand activations, for groups of around 50 up to 300 or more guests. Businesses can have the cart, cups and menu branded with their logo or theme, and larger conferences can book more than one cart. Sparrows serves the Sacramento area, including Roseville, Folsom, Elk Grove and Davis, and also travels to the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma.

Coram Deo Coffee Catering runs a mobile espresso cart based in San Francisco. They serve hot and iced espresso drinks such as lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites and americanos. Their standard service includes house-made syrups, a choice of ceremonial matcha or chai, whole and oat milk, and personalized cups. Guests can also ask for extras such as affogatos, cold brew, espresso martinis, stencilled latte toppings and cart branding. They roast their coffee in-house. They cater weddings, corporate events, conferences, brand activations and social gatherings. They say they will travel almost anywhere in California, from the Bay Area to Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles and San Diego. The cart is self-contained and works indoors or outdoors. It needs about six by six feet of space and a standard 120V outlet.

Impresso Espresso is a mobile coffee cart catering company based in Sacramento, California, owned by Ben Vasko. Their baristas serve espresso drinks at weddings, corporate meetings and other events. The menu of 12-ounce hot and cold drinks includes vanilla, caramel and hazelnut lattes, Americanos, white mochas and caramel macchiatos. Their coffee comes from Zoka, a roaster in Seattle. They serve a medium roast, which they keep in airtight containers and grind to order. For events that need extra travel, longer service hours or particular supplies, they offer to put together a custom package. Planners can ask for a quote through the booking form on their website by giving the event date, time, location and guest count.

Arrvo Coffee is a North Hollywood-based mobile espresso bar with an Australian flavour. The name is Aussie slang for afternoon. Working from a van, the team serves made-to-order espresso drinks, including flat whites, along with hot teas, chai, ceremonial-grade matcha and hot chocolate. They offer organic dairy and alternative milks, and they can create a custom drink for an event. Arrvo covers Los Angeles and beyond. It caters weddings, private parties such as baby showers, office gatherings, school functions, large corporate meetings and film or TV productions. A latte art printer can put logos, photos or other images on drinks using food-grade ink. The bar arrives with cups, milks, syrups and supplies, and hosts provide power and a trash can. Setup usually starts about ninety minutes before service.

Espresso Station LLC

Moonwood Coffee Catering

Goodhart Coffee Catering of Los Angeles

Cafe Cafe Mobile Coffee is a Los Angeles-based coffee cart that brings barista-served drinks to your venue. They offer two cart packages. One has a customizable menu of five coffee, tea and refresher options and can be set up indoors or outdoors. The other offers a choice of six custom coffee drinks, with up to three drinks per guest. The company names corporate gatherings, weddings and other celebrations among the events it works. For smaller occasions such as lunch meetings, they also deliver 96oz travel containers of coffee or tea, hot or iced. Flavors include black coffee, café de olla, peach citrus, Jamaica tea, lavender chamomile and passionfruit chamomile lemonade.

Gishiki Matcha is a matcha brand based in San Francisco. Its founder, Angie, started the company after a matcha-making class in Uji, Kyoto. Gishiki calls its matcha ceremonial grade. It is made from single-origin, first-harvest leaves grown on JAS-certified organic farms in Kagoshima, then stone-milled in Uji. The company says it works with brands, artists and communities to create tea experiences. Planners should contact Gishiki directly to ask about event service.

We provide premium mobile coffee catering services for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and special occasions. Our professional baristas serve handcrafted espresso drinks, specialty coffees, and fresh beverages that create memorable experiences for guests. We bring quality coffee, friendly service, and a stylish mobile coffee bar directly to your event.

We're a real coffee shop on wheels: the cart is run by the team behind Holy Coffee, our café in Sacramento, so you get the same baristas and coffee our regulars drink every day. Every drink is made to order, oat and almond milk are included at no extra charge, and we can print your logo on the latte foam or on branded cups. No minimum headcount: 10 guests or 40, the starting price is the same.

$475

Montecitos Coffee is a women-owned, premium mobile espresso bar bringing an elevated coffee experience to corporate events, brand activations, conferences, weddings, and private celebrations throughout Los Angeles, Ventura County, and Orange County. What makes us unique is our specialty, single-origin coffee sourced from our family farm in El Salvador. We serve handcrafted espresso drinks, hot and iced lattes, specialty beverages, and signature drinks made with our homemade syrups. Our stylish mobile coffee bar is designed to create a memorable experience for guests while providing friendly, professional service. We also offer customizable menus, branded cups, and personalized coffee experiences to complement your event or company branding. Whether you're hosting an employee appreciation event, corporate gathering, product launch, or private celebration, Montecitos Coffee brings exceptional coffee and a personal touch to every occasion. More than just coffee — an experience worth remembering.

Starting at $550 and up. Based on hours & how many people attend

Goodhart Coffee Catering of San Francisco Bay Area brings mobile espresso carts and professional baristas to corporate events, weddings and private celebrations. The menu covers hot and iced espresso drinks such as lattes, cappuccinos and americanos, along with tea, chai and hot chocolate. Baristas add latte art to drinks with or without caffeine, and the company calls its salted caramel latte "famous." Custom branding is available. The team works across San Francisco and the wider Bay Area, covering anywhere within 150 miles of its San Francisco base, and travels farther by arrangement. The carts are compact enough to go through doorways and into elevators, so they work indoors or outdoors, and they need only a standard wall outlet. The company says its baristas can make 50 to 500 drinks an hour, and that it has catered more than 3,500 events nationwide since 2017.

Third Wheel Coffee started in 2021, when two baristas raised in San Francisco began serving coffee from an eleven-foot electric coffee tricycle. From 2021 to 2024 they ran a mobile bar built from a vintage liquor cabinet, taking it to farmers markets, weekend pop-ups and many kinds of events. Today the business runs a coffee bar at 991 Oak Street in San Francisco's Lower Haight. The menu includes espresso drinks, cold brews, non-coffee drinks and seasonal specials that change through the year. All syrups and concentrates are made in-house. The coffee comes from Bird & Bear Coffee and the pastries from Saltwater Bakeshop, two small San Francisco businesses. Their website doesn't currently describe event bookings, so planners should contact them directly to ask whether they're available.

Straw Hat Coffee is a coffee cart business based in Sacramento, California, listed in our espresso and latte cart category. Planners organizing an event in or around Sacramento who want an espresso-focused cart may want to add them to their shortlist. We don't yet have details on their menu, service area or the kinds of events they cover, so we recommend contacting Straw Hat Coffee directly to check availability and what they can offer.

Karla's Coffee Cart Catering

Formed in 2006, we specialize in high-volume corporate events, music festivals, film and television productions, weddings, and smaller, more intimate gatherings.

$900–$2,500 per event depending on group size

Lattes Inc. formerly, Lattes on Location

Silverwings Coffee Catering is a mobile coffee cart based in San Francisco that offers full-service catering for private and public events. The menu includes espresso drinks, cold brew, teas and drip coffee. Packages range from drip coffee and cold brew service up to a full mobile espresso bar. Hot chocolate catering is also on their list of services, and they say they use locally roasted coffee. The cart works at weddings, corporate events such as conferences and product launches, birthday parties, baby showers, street fairs and film festivals. For brand activations, Silverwings can put a custom wrap on the cart, add a logo to menus and cups, and print logos or designs onto lattes on site. They cover the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, San Jose, Palo Alto, Napa and Sonoma, and now serve the greater Sacramento area too.

The Coffee Cart Café & Espresso Catering