Hello Coffee Lovers

We are two coffee lovers operating an artisan coffee roasting company at a place called Punto Fino in beautiful Marin County, California. Dan was born and raised in San Francisco and Donna hails from fabulous New Orleans. We came to coffee roasting out of necessity when a giant corporation bought our favorite coffee bar and closed its doors. 

We have been home-roasters for over 20 years. By taking coffee roasting lessons we discovered our true passion - teaching others how to roast coffee using inexpensive household items. In 2019, we launched Roast Your Own Coffee and have enabled hundreds of people to start their own home-roasting quest for the best coffee.

We enjoy meeting coffee enthusiasts and sharing our many roasting methods, from a cast-iron skillet to a commercial-style drum roaster.

Let us introduce ourselves:

So why Punto Fino?

Punto and Fino are inscribed on the two stone pillars that support the vintage 19th-century iron gates leading to our roastery. Legend has it that world-renowned sculptor Benny Bufano named the place he loved to visit where he could sip wine, listen to opera under the redwoods, and chip away at his simple rounded shapes. We like to think of Punto Fino today as a gateway to the finest coffee.