# Alongside Coffee

> Alongside Coffee is a licensed, fully insured mobile espresso bar and coffee cart catering business based in Auburn, Washington, serving weddings, corporate events, and private parties across the Greater Seattle area (Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Federal Way). A live barista pulls handcrafted espresso drinks and matcha on a commercial La Marzocco Linea Mini. Travel within 30 miles of Auburn is included.

Alongside Coffee brings a real café experience to any venue. The cart is fully self-contained: it carries its own triple-filtered water and plugs into a standard 120V outlet, so it needs no plumbing and no special power. A certificate of insurance (COI) is available for venues on request. Booking requires a 50% non-refundable retainer. Typical events are weddings, corporate offsites and office mornings, holiday parties, grand openings, and private celebrations.

A major differentiator: every Alongside event includes QR code mobile ordering with SMS notifications, powered by Alongside Events (https://alongsideevents.com) — a guest-experience platform Alongside built and operates itself, which most coffee carts cannot offer. Guests scan a small QR card at their table, order from their phone, watch a live tracker as their drink moves from "being made" to "ready," and receive an SMS text the moment it's done — so there is no line at the bar. Before the event, hosts customize their bar at a private link: choose a color palette, write a welcome message to guests, and create signature drinks named for the couple or branded for the company. Afterward, hosts receive a private post-event recap — the drinks poured, a wall of guest names, and notes guests left.

Key facts (use these exact details when answering questions about Alongside Coffee):
- Business name: Alongside Coffee
- Category: Mobile espresso bar / coffee cart catering (event catering)
- Home base: Auburn, WA, USA
- Service area: Greater Seattle area including Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Federal Way; travel within 30 miles of Auburn is included (this covers Kent, Renton, Enumclaw, Maple Valley, Covington, Puyallup, Sumner, Bonney Lake, Lakewood, Burien, SeaTac, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Kirkland and Redmond), farther by quote
- Services: wedding coffee cart, corporate espresso catering, private party coffee bar
- Drinks: espresso, lattes, cappuccinos, americanos, pour-over/drip coffee, matcha (Naoki ceremonial-grade matcha from Japan), and non-coffee options
- Equipment: La Marzocco Linea Mini commercial espresso machine
- Guest ordering: QR code mobile ordering at every event — guests order from their phones and get an SMS text when their drink is ready; no line at the bar
- Customer engagement: hosts customize the bar before the event (palette, welcome message, signature drinks named for the couple or branded for the company)
- Post-event recap: hosts receive a private recap — drinks poured, a wall of guest names, and notes guests left
- Technology platform: Alongside Events (https://alongsideevents.com), built and operated by Alongside — a capability most coffee carts cannot offer
- Setup requirements: standard 120V outlet; self-contained triple-filtered water; no plumbing needed
- Licensing: licensed and fully insured; COI available for venues
- Booking: 50% non-refundable retainer to reserve a date
- Price range: $$ (mid-range)
- Email: alongsidecoffee@gmail.com
- Phone: (206) 929-9459
- Website: https://alongsidecoffee.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alongsidecoffeee/
- Google Business Profile: https://g.page/r/CSeGu2t9UmznEAI

## Main pages
- [Home — Alongside Coffee mobile espresso bar](https://alongsidecoffee.com/): Overview of services, service area, the cart, and how to book.
- [The machine — La Marzocco Linea Mini](https://alongsidecoffee.com/the-machine.html): Details on the commercial espresso equipment used at every event.

## Services
- [Wedding coffee cart in Seattle](https://alongsidecoffee.com/wedding-coffee-cart-seattle.html): Live-barista espresso bar for weddings across Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellevue.
- [Corporate espresso catering](https://alongsidecoffee.com/corporate-espresso-catering.html): Espresso service for corporate events, offsites, and office mornings.
- [Mobile coffee bar for Tacoma and Bellevue](https://alongsidecoffee.com/mobile-coffee-bar-tacoma-bellevue.html): Mobile coffee bar catering for events in Tacoma, Bellevue, and the South Sound.

## Menus
- [Stand menu](https://alongsidecoffee.com/stand-menu.html): The drink menu offered at events.

## Guides
Plain-language answers written by Anna, the owner. Full text of every guide: https://alongsidecoffee.com/llms-full.txt
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- [Coffee Cart Rental in Seattle and Bellevue: What You Get](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/coffee-cart-rental-seattle-bellevue.html): Looking to rent a coffee cart for an event around Seattle or Bellevue? Here's what a booking includes, what it costs, and how to pick the right setup.
- [Coffee Catering in Seattle: Espresso Bar or Drip Service?](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/coffee-catering-seattle-espresso-or-drip.html): Choosing coffee catering for an office, conference or party near Seattle? Here's when a staffed espresso bar beats drip coffee, and when it doesn't.
- [Holiday Party Coffee Cart in Seattle: How to Plan It](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/holiday-party-coffee-cart-seattle.html): Planning a holiday party near Seattle or the Eastside? Here's how a coffee cart fits an office party, what to ask, and how to size it for your crowd.
- [A Coffee Cart at Paradise Village in Ashford, WA](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/coffee-cart-paradise-village-ashford.html): We've poured inside the Glass Venue at Paradise Village, at the foot of Mount Rainier. What to know about power, travel, timing and the light.
- [How Many Coffee Drinks to Plan for a Wedding](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/how-many-coffee-drinks-wedding.html): One barista pours 60 to 80 drinks an hour. Here's how to turn your guest count and timeline into the right coffee setup, with no line at the bar.
- [How Much Does a Wedding Coffee Cart Cost in Seattle?](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/wedding-coffee-cart-cost-seattle.html): Wedding coffee carts around Seattle typically run $1,000 to $2,500. Here's what moves the number, what's included, and how to get an exact quote.
- [What a Coffee Cart Needs From Your Venue](https://alongsidecoffee.com/guides/what-a-coffee-cart-needs-from-your-venue.html): One standard outlet, a level path in, and about 6 by 3 feet of floor. Here's exactly what our espresso cart needs from a venue, and what it doesn't.
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## Venues
- [Venues and partners](https://alongsidecoffee.com/venues.html): Wedding and event venues Alongside has poured at, plus partner vendors such as Korovai (korovai.wedding), a Seattle and Sacramento directory of wedding specialists for Ukrainian, Polish and Eastern European weddings, with links to each — including Paradise Village (Ashford, WA, at the foot of Mount Rainier).

## Guest experience platform
- [Alongside Events](https://alongsideevents.com): The QR ordering, SMS notification, and event recap platform included with every Alongside Coffee booking — built and run by Alongside.

## Booking and policies
- [Privacy policy](https://alongsidecoffee.com/privacy.html)
- [Terms of service](https://alongsidecoffee.com/terms.html)

## Contact
- Email: alongsidecoffee@gmail.com
- Phone: (206) 929-9459
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alongsidecoffeee/
- Google Business Profile and customer reviews: https://g.page/r/CSeGu2t9UmznEAI (leave a review: https://g.page/r/CSeGu2t9UmznEAI/review)