CATERING THE INLAND EMPIRE

All throughout Southern California is where we are able to serve at events, but one place that might be pretty scarce for Specialty Coffee is the Inland Empire, otherwise known as Riverside County and San Bernardino County. The Inland Empire is our backyard so you know that we love serving out there at any event. We bring and cater coffee to weddings in the Inland Empire, Corporate Events in the Inland Empire, Conventions in the Inland Empire, and anything else you can think of.

One venue that you can consistently find us at is the Toyota Arena in Ontario California. It all started when they booked us for serving backstage for their Dropkick Murphy’s and Pennywise concert, then after they liked our service they offered us to come serve the audience for their shows. There we have our coffee station that we sell from at most of the shows. So far, we have served at the Ontario Reigns Hockey games, and the Disney on Ice shows. Coming up on our calendar is the playoff games for the Ontario Reigns, the Luis Miguel concert, and the Japan Pro Wrestling, but I guarantee you that there will be many more shows at the Toyota Arena that we will be serving at.

The Inland Empire is up and coming and is gaining in popularity, so great coffee and great dining is still growing, but is still a little hard to find. The same goes for catering in the Inland Empire, and so we love to be able to help bring that specialty coffee catering to the events in the Inland Empire. We offer some of the best coffee and best specialty coffee drinks that you’ll ever drink to your event, and we serve everything with a smile and love. Our Signature Flavored Latte’s are extremely unique and you get to choose the 3 different flavors that we offer on the menu that we serve from. Reach out today for your event or come see us at the Toyota Arena in Ontario California to taste for yourself.

ICE CREAM CATERING

Rugged Coffee is a specialty coffee catering company, but we don’t just stop at specialty coffee. We also provide specialty ice cream catering and ice cream coffee mixes. The ice cream that we provide is made from scratch with no artificial ingredients and they are even made with our Signature Flavored syrups. Our ice creams on our ice cream cart come in several different flavor options, such as, Vanilla, Chocolate, Cookies and Cream, Lavender Honey, Chocolate Cookies and Cream, Matcha, and Caramel.

Our ice cream can be combined with any coffee drink to create a float. You can try a Mocha Float, Matcha Float, Chai Latte Float, Vanilla Latte Float, Caramel Latte Float, or the fan favorite the Affogato. Not only can you combine coffee drinks with ice cream, but you can also just add your favorite flavored syrup onto the ice cream to give it that extra delicious flavor. Flavors like Samoa, Big Red, Vanilla, Caramel, Chocolate, Gingerbread, Lavender Honey, Maple Spice, Cinnamint, and the list goes on.

Consolidating your caterers is not only cost effective, but it also makes your planning easier. We offer you customizable options and quality with the ease of planning because you will only need to allocate 1 area for our serving space, instead of 2 different spaces, and you will only need to worry about 1 vendors electricity requirements, instead of 2. Because this is an upgrade, we offer this quality service for a lower price than most other ice cream caterers and, at the same time, this upgrade gives your guests access to a much larger menu than any other ice cream caterer. Ice cream and coffee, sounds like a match made in heaven to us. Inquire today to find out how we can best serve your event or check out our “Packages” page on our website to see more info.

SOCAL SPECIALTY COFFEE

Specialty Coffee in Southern California is an industry that is booming and so no wonder why people want that Specialty Coffee at their event or wedding, but the Specialty Coffee industry was not always booming out here, though. There was the intro to it back in 2011 with Portola Coffee who were all about the quality of the coffee and not so much care for the customer service or experience, then after a few more specialty coffee shops opened, the turn to customer service was starting to be top priority again. Now most specialty coffee shops only care about that and not so much about creating a great coffee beverage or coffee experience anymore. We believe that you don’t have to have a tradeoff of the two, that those two aspects of coffee can work harmoniously together and we showcase that at each event that we serve at. We cater small events to catering very large events, there is no event size too big or small for us.

Being a Southern California catering company has its benefits, such as, the weather is usually pretty great so indoor or outdoor events are pretty much always available to happen, but because of that, the competition is fierce. That is why we make sure that we are on the top of our game and that we are providing the best quality and service in the industry. We provide Specialty Espresso and Coffee Catering all over the Southern California area, from Los Angeles to Orange County to the Inland Empire (or Riverside County) to San Diego County and we even travel to Las Vegas for our catering. Basically anywhere you need coffee in Southern California, we can bring that coffee catering to your event or conference or convention and even weddings. Reach out today and see how we can elevate your event by providing the best coffee and the best service around.

WEDDING CATERER

Having the right people at your wedding can make or break a wedding, but having the right specialty caterers can equally cause the wedding to be stress free or chaotic. That’s why we take our role in every event or wedding that we serve at very seriously because we want to help make your wedding special in a way that you don’t have to worry about anything, because you shouldn’t have to. Southern California Caterers that know what they are doing in a way where they plan for every situation that may occur and therefore ask the wedding coordinator all the right questions beforehand so they can properly prepare.

We have been to many weddings where the SoCal caterers were scrambling, not prepared for any variation in the plans, but that is not us. We make sure that we are ready for every outcome. Checking the weather beforehand, especially if the wedding is outdoors to prepare for rain or other severe weather. Making sure to bring long extension cords in case the electricity supply is far away, and bringing more than enough supplies to ensure that we do our best to not run out of our coffee catering supplies while serving your guests. We do our best to make your experience with us the easiest experience with a coffee caterer ever.

Things to know about us, we will arrive to the Southern California or Las Vegas wedding at least 1 hour and 30 minutes prior to our serving so that we give ourselves enough time to get in the space and setup properly for our coffee bar and espresso catering. We will also take around 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes to close our bar and exit the venue. We take our service very serious and we guarantee that you wont find better quality in a Specialty Southern California Caterer elsewhere.

CATERING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Finding the right caterer in Southern California can be tricky at times because there are so many different companies out there and they all tell you that they are the best, but how can you really be sure based on their website? Well, we offer free tastings for our coffee so you can get a real sense of how good our products actually are. Tasting a caterers drinks or food really does make the difference because that can give you the assurance that you are choosing the right company with the right product to make your corporate event catering, wedding catering, conference catering, or convention catering the best possible.

Our coffee and espresso catering in southern california is unbeatable in taste and customer experience. We have over 15 years of experience in the Specialty Coffee industry and over 10 years in the coffee catering industry which can give you the peace of mind knowing that not only do we know how to make and serve great coffee, but we also know how to serve it in a catering setting (which is much different than a coffee shop setting). You might be a great coffee shop, but not know the difference between catering and your normal day to day setting, so you will probably spend too much time only worrying about the coffee and not the customers (which we know is how all too many coffee shops are now these days), or you may be looking at a company that is a coffee caterer, but never spent time learning the science of coffee because most coffee company owners think that coffee is as easy as pushing a button leaving you with disgusting and burnt or watery coffee. We are masters of both realms of customer experience and excellent coffee.

Choosing us, you can rest assured knowing that all of your event or wedding guests will get served the most delicious coffee they have ever had at a speedy rate while leaving our bar feeling satisfied and happy because we love having quick meaningful chats while serving and giving out free coffee advice.

CORPORATE COFFEE CATERING

People often ask us, “What sort of events do you serve at?” and our response is “We go anywhere you need coffee”. We cater all sorts of events, such as, weddings, conferences, conventions, meetings, church events, concerts, backstage, and coffee at your corporate coffee. Coffee catering for your corporate office or for an office meeting is something that we do very often. We have served at the corporate offices of Oakley Inc. in Foothill Ranch, Fox Racing in Irvine, Taylormade Golf in Carlsbad, Amazon in Fontana, Cisco in Irvine, Boot Barn in Lake Forest, Levi Straus in San Diego and a company that we have worked consistently with over the past 2 years is Cabi Experience in Carson.

With our catering for corporate offices, we always offer the best coffee and espresso drinks with our full espresso menu, but one thing that these businesses like when booking our catering services is our delicious pastry option. We get our pastries from 3 different bakeries, getting the best of each bakery to provide at each events. Since we are always after the best quality of everything that we put our name on, we have sourced the best pastries around.

What makes us different than the other coffee caterers is our passion for quality and our knowledge of coffee science. Everyone says that they have the best quality around, but how do they back that up? We are so passionate about the quality that we even use a special water mixture to give us the best extraction in coffee leading to the perfect balance of natural sweetness and acidity in each cup of coffee/ espresso drink. Our knowledge of coffee science far surpasses the rest, as the owner of Rugged Coffee has spent 15 years in the coffee industry and over 5 of those years as a Coffee Educator meaning that he got paid to research and expand his knowledge of coffee science and to teach others how to brew the best coffee and make phenomenal espresso drinks.

Try our coffee at your next corporate outing or meeting to give your employees and clients a taste of the good life.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ICE CREAM CATERING

We offer several different upgrades to our services. One upgrade that we are most proud of is our made-from-scratch Ice Cream catering. This ice cream has been developed over months and months of testing and testing and testing some more until we have the best recipe for that ice cream and then we are always continuing to make it better and better. We are never settled with “good enough”, we are always striving for the best made-from-scratch ice cream to offer on our mobile ice cream cart.

Because this ice cream is made from scratch from the folks at Rugged Coffee, you can rest assured knowing that the ice cream that we offer will be made with only real ingredients (nothing artificial is added) and that it will be of the best quality. We offer many different flavor options like our Vanilla ice cream, Chocolate ice cream, Caramel Ice Cream, Cookies and Cream ice cream, Chocolate Cookies and Cream ice cream, Matcha ice cream, Lavender Honey ice cream, and we are always open to any requests that you may have. Because this is an additional upgraded option, this offering comes with our full Espresso Bar, which means that the options that your guests are able to order are virtually limitless. We have options like the Affogato (Espresso over Ice Cream), Cold Brew Float, Mocha Float, Latte Float, any Signature Flavored Latte Float, and anything else that you or your guests may think of. We can even drizzle any flavored syrup or sauce over the guests ice cream.

We do have other upgrades that we offer that can expand your menu even further with drinks by themselves or ice cream mixtures. We offer an upgrade that is our Tea Bar upgrade, bringing quality cold brewed tea and hot brewed tea can really make sure that there is something available for everyone at your wedding or event. We even carry decaf espresso and hot cocoa’s, so booking with us is going to literally offer something for everyone. Inquire for more information.

BARTENDERS FOR EVENTS

When planning an event, wedding, or convention, things you often look for are first, the Venue. Where are you planning on hosting your event or convention, find a venue that fits your event’s needs. Does the venue have enough space for all of the vendors and guests? Do they have the right location? Do they have access to enough electricity to power everything? Are there enough bathrooms to make it comfortable for everyone there? Next thing you look for is a company that can help you accomplish everything you want to do with this event and to make sure that the event runs smoothly. Next thing you look for are caterers.

One caterer you might look for is a Bartender to help the guests feel more relaxed and for everyone to more comfortably mingle with each other, but what about the guests that dont drink alcohol or the ones that are driving right afterwards? Thats where our catering offerings come in, as we are a bar alternative option for your event. We can also help the ones drinking, stay up later and be more alert for your event’s later activities.

We find that even with a Bartender at your event, we are often times just as busy as the bar, if not, busier than the bar because people can’t say no to free great tasting coffee drinks. When booking with us, you get to choose 3 different Signature Flavored latte’s for us to serve at your event, on top of all of the usual suspects, such as, Mocha, Latte, Cappuccino, Macchiato, Americano, Espresso, Cold Brew, Hot Brewed French Pressed Coffee, Hot Cocoa, and any other combination of those ingredients that your guests want us to make. All of our drinks can come served both hot or iced, so really the options are almost endless.

Reach out to us to see what it would take for us to be a Bartender alternative option at your convention, event, or wedding.

WEDDING AND EVENT PLANNERS/ COORDINATORS

Working with a great event planner or wedding coordinator who really knows what they are doing is key for anybody looking to have a successful wedding, event, or conference/ convention. With an event planner, you can have a really easy and successful event or you can have a stressful one where you’re being called to put out all of the fires, as an event host that is not something that you want. A great event planner or wedding coordinator is someone that will ensure that all of your feasible needs are taken care of first and foremost, then the planner/ coordinator will ensure that each vendors requirements and needs are planned for and addressed. Lastly, the planner/ coordinator will account for the weather and will make the necessary backup plans in the event that the weather does not want to cooperate.

We have been to weddings where the planner didn’t plan for rain with an outdoor wedding and reception during the rainy season and where the weatherserve forecast said that there was a chance of rain. With this wedding, the planner was running to the bride and groom asking them what to do because we can’t serve under the rain with out expensive equipment. I’ve had other weddings where our electricity needs weren’t addressed, so when we arrived, they had to scramble to try to find a location where we can plug into and I’ve had events where the event coordinator didn’t put us near a venue trash can so every person at the wedding was throwing away all of their trash, including dirty diapers, plates, etc making our trash cans overflow and look bad.

Our advice to everyone out there is to make sure that you ask your potential planner/ coordinator about how they handle each of these situations. Make sure that they are communicating to the venue and vendors prior to the wedding or event and make sure that they have enough staff to be able to help the vendors and to help you, the host, so that there are no hiccups that you are aware of during the event.

VENUES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Southern California is our home and is where we serve out of and is where we love being. There are so many amazing the Coovenues in Southern California to hold conferences and conventions, and there are tons of amazing venues in Southern California to hold events and weddings. From San Diego, CA to Carlsbad, CA to Vista, CA to San Clemente, CA to Dana Point, CA to Laguna Niguel, CA to Irvine, CA to Costa Mesa, CA to Newport, CA to Huntington, CA to Anaheim, CA Orange County to Corona, CA to Riverside, CA Riverside County to San Bernardino County to Palm Springs, CA to Pasadena, CA to Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Los Angeles County and everywhere in between.

Some of our favorite venues in San Diego, CA are the San Diego Convention center, the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Manchester Grand Hyatt, the Intercontinental San Diego, the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Mariposas, the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, Hotel Del Coronado, Luce Loft, Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, Venues in Fallbrook, the list goes on.

Some of our favorite venues in Orange County, CA are the Balboa Bay Resort, 24 Carrots, the Anaheim Convention Center, House of Blues Anaheim, the Honda Center, Crystal Cove Community Center, La Ventura, the Colony House, the Grand Gimeno, Pelican Hill, Newport Beach Marriott Bayview, the Hyatt Regency Huntington, and many more.

Some of our favorite venues in Los Angeles, CA are the Terranea in Rancho Palos Verdes and the Langham in Pasadena. Some of our favorite venues in Riverside, CA are the Riverside Convention Center, Bombay Banquet Hall Ontario, the Ontario Convention Center, the Toyota Arena, and the Beverly Banquets.

Catering Coffee in Southern California is the best with the widest array of venue locations and options.

ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER COFFEE

We started Rugged Coffee in Orange County, so we have served all over the Orange County area. From the deep south Orange County of San Clemente to northern Orange County of Fullerton and everywhere in between. Anaheim is a favorite for us to serve at and so the Anaheim Convention Center is somewhere we would love to serve at. We have served many times at the San Diego Convention Center, but never have we served at the Anaheim Convention Center, but we hope to this year with Hitachi Energy in their booth.

Anaheim has so many amazing places that we have served at in the past and continue to serve at. Places like the House of Blues, The Honda Center, the JW Marriot, the Colony House and many more.

Serving coffee at conferences and conventions is what we do best, as we thrive in the busy environment that those events bring. We have served at conventions with 10,000 attendees to conferences with 100, but every time we are there, we see that the attendees can’t get enough of our coffee. Conferences and Conventions often bring people from out of state, which means that there will be lots of parties and activities afterward keeping them up late, so in order to keep everyone awake and active during the event they need some coffee. We don’t only provide regular coffee to keep them all awake, but we also bring only the best quality and most delicious specialty coffee drinks making people come back for more and more all day long. Serving at conventions in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center is where we have tons of experience serving these tired attendees. So if you’re looking to offer coffee in your booth to help attract guests to your booth and keep them there or if you’re looking to offer a specialty option with quick service for all of the attendees to your event, then we are your coffee company.

SPECIALTY COFFEE MOBILE CATERING

Rugged Coffee is a veteran when it comes to coffee and espresso catering, we have been doing it for 8 years professionally and 2 years before that as a side gig. In those 10+ years we have seen what works for catering and what doesn’t work; there are differences in operating a coffee shop to operating a catering business. Specialty Coffee shops have the luxury of taking a little extra time to prepare each drink for the guests, whereas in catering, you don’t have that luxury most of the time. Coffee Catering is about getting the most delicious drink to the guests as quickly as possible. How do you do that you may ask? Well, we have discovered that prepping everything you can beforehand keeps the quality high while speeding up the serving process, so the guests can get their drinks super quickly while keeping the quality of each drink the highest possible. With this principle, and a few others, in mind we are able to create the most memorable experience your guests will ever get at a coffee bar.

One thing that we do differently than many other caterers out there is we offer the ability to customize your menu by choosing the Signature Flavored Latte’s that we offer on your menu and we can even create a custom flavor just for you. This is something that most companies dont offer and are unable to do. Another way that you are able to customize your offerins is by having the ability to choose the coffee we use. You can do this in a number of different ways. One way is by choosing the flavor notes that the coffee has, to give you the exact taste that you’re looking for. Another way is by choosing the region that the coffee comes from and the other is by choosing the specialty coffee roaster that we get our coffee from. We have relationships with many of the top coffee roasters in the Specialty Coffee Industry and the list the we currently offer is located on our website. Roasters such as, Lion and Lamb Coffee in Costa Mesa, Portola Coffee in Costa Mesa, LAMILL Coffee in Los Angeles, Moongoat in Costa Mesa, Arcade Coffee in Riverside, and Hidden House Coffee in Santa Ana. If you want us to serve coffee from any other specialty coffee roaster, then we would love to open an account with them so we can provide that coffee at your convention, conference, event, or wedding.

“Use your freedom to serve one another in Love”

SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CATERING

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. 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.

MOBILE ESPRESSO BAR

Rugged Coffee is the ultimate mobile coffee bar in Southern California. With our supreme specialty coffee, custom made signature flavored syrups, and superior customer service, you wont find any better mobile coffee bar around.

What sets us apart from the other coffee bars is our experience in the catering industry and our quality. We’ve been catering coffee for 8 years and that time in the industry has really shown us what we need for each event, questions to ask (such as about backup plans when the weather is rainy, trash policy, etc.), and how to prepare for the worst at each event so that even when the worst happens, we are still ok. One thing that we have seen many times is that a lot of wedding planners and event coordinators like to think that the weather in Southern California is always going to be perfect, but when you have an outdoor event or wedding, you still need to pay attention to the weather and have a backup plan if it starts raining. It is always the worst when there is no plan and we cant serve because our machinery can’t get wet or the bride and groom or event host is having to solve the problems that the coordinator or planner didn’t plan for. Another issue that we see a lot is that the venue has a strict policy that the caterer has to remove their trash from the premises when they leave, but the planner and venue doesn’t provide enough trash cans so we end up with over flowing trash bins (which doesn’t look nice at all). So we always make sure that there is another trash bin provided for the rest of the event located near our station to avoid that distasteful look. Lastly, because we have been in the industry for so long, we know what time we need to arrive at to successfully setup for a smooth service and how much time we need to tear down so we don’t run up extra costs to you (the host) that the venue sometimes charges for vendors that leave late.

We know that all caterers say that they provide the best quality and that is what separates them from the rest, but when we say it we mean it. We have not only been working with specialty coffee learning about the science of coffee for over 15 years, and been catering for over 10 years (a few years before Rugged Coffee was formed), but our founder and owner also competed in the Brewer’s Cup competition in 2018 making it through the preliminaries, the qualifiers, and all the way to getting 17th place (out of 26 national competitors) in the national competition. You don’t get that far in the competition not knowing how to make coffee taste the best. We use our creative mind and our understanding of coffee science to make all of the drinks that we serve taste the absolute best. A lot of coffee shops or coffee caterers know how to make coffee taste good in the beginning, but once the event gets busy, they leave quality behind and worry about speed of service or people that worry too much about quality and dont know how to serve guests quick enough. With our over 10 years of experience in the coffee catering industry, we combine speed of service with ensuring that each and every drink is made to perfection, so you can be rest assured that your guests will all get a drink and that each drink they get will taste amazing every time.

If you need a coffee caterer, then go with the best and choose Rugged Coffee.

ARTISAN ICE CREAM

Rugged Coffee is a specialty coffee catering company, but we don’t just stop at specialty coffee. We also provide specialty ice cream and ice cream coffee mixes. The ice cream that we provide is made from scratch with no artificial ingredients. We don’t even use regular sugar to sweeten our ice cream, we use Honey. Honey has a lot of health benefits, benefits like containing an abundance of antioxidants, phytonutrients, it helps your digestive system, is better for blood sugar levels than regular sugar, and helps to improve heart health.

Our ice cream can be combined with any coffee drink to create a float. You can try a Mocha Float, Matcha Float, Chai Latte Float, Vanilla Latte Float, Caramel Latte Float, or the fan favorite the Affogato. Not only can you combine coffee drinks with ice cream, but you can also just add your favorite flavored syrup onto the ice cream to give it that extra delicious flavor. Flavors like Samoa, Big Red, Vanilla, Caramel, Chocolate, Gingerbread, Lavender Honey, Maple Spice, Cinnamint, and the list goes on.

Consolidating your caterers is not only cost effective, but it also makes your planning easier. We offer you customizable options and quality with the ease of planning because you will only need to allocate 1 area for our serving space, instead of 2 different spaces, and you will only need to worry about 1 vendors electricity requirements, instead of 2. Because this is an upgrade, we offer this quality service for a lower price than most other ice cream caterers and, at the same time, this upgrade gives your guests access to a much larger menu than any other ice cream caterer. Ice cream and coffee, sounds like a match made in heaven to us. Inquire today to find out how we can best serve your event or check out our “Packages” page on our website to see more info.

COFFEE CATERING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

We always say, Southern California is the nicest place in the world to live. We don’t always agree with this state politically, but the climate is the best in the world which makes catering the best as well. Since we are a traveling Barista or a mobile coffee cart or a mobile espresso bar or a coffee caterer (whatever you want to call us), weather is very important to us. Most of the time we setup our espresso bar station inside, where the weather doesn’t affect us while serving, but sometimes we have to setup our espresso bar station outside. Not only does the place that we serve at matter when dealing with the weather, but also during the travel. That is why we are most grateful to be providing this amazing service in Southern California.

We just got done serving at the annual Christmas celebration at the Crystal Cove Canyon Club in Newport Beach and that place just magnifies how great Southern California can be. Serving alongside Pacific Coast Highway in one the of the greatest and most beautiful cities in California giving amazing coffee to some of the nicest people in the world, you cant beat this experience.

There are all sorts of beautiful cities in Southern California to serve at, cities along the coast like Rancho Palos Verdes, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Niguel, San Diego, Carlsbad, and everywhere in between. Not only does Southern California have beautiful places to serve coffee at along the coast, but also inland to places like Anaheim, Orange, Vista, Temecula, Corona, Riverside, Pasadena, and so much more.

If you’re in the Southern California area or are going to be and are looking for the best coffee caterer or espresso caterer around, then look no further than Rugged Coffee. We not only serve amazing Specialty Coffee and Espresso at your event, but we also offer handmade ice cream catering, specialty tea, and a hot cocoa bar. Click the “Reserve” tab above to see how we can make your next event one that will be remembered for years to come.

ICE CREAM CATERING

Rugged Coffee is known for quality coffee, so you can rest assured knowing that each and every item we offer is made with the utmost care and quality. Hand crafting ingredients from scratch is something that we take pride in and so it’s no surprise that we hand make each of our ice cream options, as well, from only the finest ingredients. With our ice cream and affogato upgrade you get the choice of 3 ice cream options from our list, as follows:

• Vanilla ice cream

• Chocolate ice cream

• Lavender Honey ice cream

• Cookies and Cream ice cream

• Caramel ice cream

• Matcha ice cream

One of the greatest things about our offerings is that your guests get to mix and match almost anything to create something that they really desire. We then use our extensive coffee and food experience to create the perfect mixture and balance of each ingredient to create the perfect tasting experience for your guests. With the Ice Cream upgrade, your guests will get access to not only a bowl of ice cream, but an additional menu, as follows:

• Affogato

• Cold Brew Float

• Mocha Float

• Iced Latte Float

• Flavored Iced Latte Float

Our base price which includes service for under 99 total attendees for 2 hours of service is $699, and it’s just $50 more for each additional hour after that. This upgrade is popular for adults and children alike, which makes for a phenomenal crowd pleaser making your event one that will be talked about for ages. Feel free to request this service in your inquiry or check out our website under the packages tab to see more.

We cant wait to work with you to serve not only our delicious top of the line coffee, but also our unique artisan ice cream. We will surely 'use our freedom to serve one another in love', just as our slogan and the passage in Galatians says.

VENUES: ORANGE COUNTY, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, & RIVERSIDE

Rugged Coffee is a coffee catering company based out of the Inland Empire, so venues like the Ontario Convention, the Ontario Toyota Arena, the Cal-Aero Aviation Club, Fairview Green River, the Farm in Norco, the Eastvale Silverlakes, the DoubleTree by Hilton, Hampton Inn, and the Holiday Inn are all of our favorite spots to serve out of. We like to bring class and quality with us, elevating any event that we serve at.

Not only do we like to work out of the Inland Empire, but we are also preferred vendors out of some of the most prestigious hotels and resorts, such as, the Terranea in Ranchos Palos Verdes. This is a very high-end venue that we are extremely proud of being a preferred vendor at because it just shows how much class and quality that we bring to the table. Serving at the Terranea takes some time getting used to because of how large the venue is, but now that we’ve got a few services there under our belt, we know exactly what to do to.

Another venue that we really enjoy serving at is the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. This venue has everything that you would need to create a successful experience for your conference or convention. They are extremely accommodating for the vendors, the attendees, and the hosts. Plus this hotel is centrally located in the heart of all of the action in San Diego.

A venue that we are a preferred vendor at in Orange County is the Honda Center (previously called the Pond). This venue is extremely large, so you can hold very large gatherings such as concerts & conventions. This venue has everything that you would need for your gathering, so creating a successful event is a breeze. We travel all over Southern California, so getting delicious coffee at your event has never been easier.

MARRIOTT MARQUIS: SAN DIEGO

Serving at the Marriott Marquis in San Diego, California on the Marina is a beautiful location for all your special corporate events and conferences. We’ve had the pleasure of getting to serve there a couple of times and each time was perfectly smooth and the staff was extremely helpful. At the hotel, they have a large convention style space just down a set of stairs upon entering the hotel that we served at for a huge convention for doctors and lawyers. When serving at this conference/convention, we started serving nonstop at that location where the bulk of the conference was located and all of the booths were set up. Halfway through the second day, we were told to move our station upstairs just outside another conference room, which was extremely easy and quick. The hotel staff there were very helpful and everything that we needed was right within walking distance. Once we moved upstairs, we found another large space with plenty of electricity for us to plug into and pick up where we left off.

The second time that we served there, we served at a different space to the right side of the hotel just outside of another conference room. We were located in a very large hallway space with a ton of other vendors. When we got there, the electricity plug ins weren’t at our location, but in no time their electricity technician was there to fix this problem for us and route a line of electricity for us to plug into.

The loading dock is very large, easy to load up and out your equipment. The back hallways and doors are large and easy to maneuver through to get to where you need to set up at. Parking is located underneath in their underground parking lot, and getting that validated is no trouble at all. Overall, we would say that serving at this San Diego hotel venue is very easy, smooth, the staff is very friendly and this is a place that we would happily serve at again.

JW MARRIOTT - ANAHEIM, CA

We had the great privilege of getting to serve at the beautiful JW Marriott the other day for an event put on by our friends over at Nth Generation. Nth generation is a company that provides technology solutions to their corporate clients and the event that we served at for them was a conference for all of their nationwide employees.

JW Marriott is a beautiful hotel that has an immaculate and secluded conference center. We were able to serve right outside of the conference room where they had power dropped and ready for us to use. The hotel staff was nice and friendly and super helpful making our jobs that much easier.

We got to serve our delicious homemade Chai Latte (which was the fan favorite that day), our seasonal (but not seasonal) Pumpkin Pie latte, and our Vanilla Latte as the flavor choices for that day. On top of the flavors, we had our staples on the menu, which are the Mocha Latte, Latte, Cappuccino, Macchiato, Espresso, Americano, Hot Brewed Coffee, Cold Brewed Coffee, and our Hot Cocoa, while being able to serve them all either hot or iced and with either whole milk or oat milk. The coffee that we used was from our friends over at Portola Coffee Roasters in Costa Mesa, California. The coffee was from Colombia and was a Carbonic Maceration process, which to my surprise was an amazingly bright and exciting coffee. The really amazing thing about us is that we have so many ways to customize your experience. You, as the event host, get the option to choose the 3 Signature Flavored latte’s that we serve your guests, and you get to choose the coffee that you want us to serve. You can choose out of our list of Specialty Coffee Roasters and/or you can choose the region that you want your coffee from and/or you can choose the flavor that you would like the coffee to be.

We like to let you create an experience for your event that you can customize while using our expertise to bring your dream into a delicious reality.