J. Hantman – artist, cyclist, coffee-god

We all ride bikes.  We all love art.  We all drink coffee.  How can we combine these three seemingly separate worlds? 

Very easy!  Just show up to Jeff Hantman’s art show on May 14th, 2009.

Jeff is a main factor behind the wonderful operation here in San Francisco known as De La Paz Coffee, a small roaster who happens to share space with several of our bike friends (Chuey, Pass/Stow Racks, etc).  What makes De La Paz even more amazing though, aside from their small batches and absolutely amazing beans, is the fact that we get our delivery via bicycle.  Yep, that’s right – once a week or so, Jeff shows up to my office as well as countless others, and delivers 10 pounds of some seriously amazing beans.  This past drop, Jeff had something much lighter to hand over – a nice postcard with one of his paintings on the front of it. 

Aside from running the coffee business, and living a painterly artist’s lifestyle, Jeff also competes in many bike races both in the dirt and out.  A true renaissance man for our times! 

The show will be up from May 14 – August 14, so you have ample time to go look.  Head to the Gensler Gallery, located at 2 Harrison Street, Suite 400.  There will of course be an opening reception on the night of May 14th from 5:30 until approximately 7:30. 

Here’s what the bags of goodness look like – notice the wonderful and plain brown bag and silk screened image.

De La Paz Coffee

And here is just one of the nice delivery bicycles that transports our coffee beans to us.  It is so nice to know that we are not contributing to the harm of our mother Earth by allowing our coffee to be delivered via a gas-guzzling van or truck, not to mention the fact that we are supporting a nice small business that lives right down the street. 

De La Paz Coffee Delivery Bike