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Toby's is something of an institution in the short downtown of Point Reyes Station. It's a general store, but it also has a rear feed lot - complete with haystacks, bags of feed, strings of prayer flags, and a neighboring yoga studio (this is Marin County, after all). It's at the entrance to the feed lot, sharing a wall with the Post Office, that you'll find a kiosk window branded as Toby's Coffee Bar. There are a few picnic tables and other outdoor tables in front. You can also buy organic baked goods, newspapers, and teas. Using a newer, two-group Nuova Simonelli machine inside their small service cubby-hole, they pull shots of Taylor Maid Farms in saucerless cups (which seems customary for West Marin). It comes with a dark brown crema, small bubbles, and a lighter heat spot. As espresso shots go, it's deep and dark: no fruit bombs here. It has a nuttier flavor mixed with cloves and other herbal pungency and is served as a default double shot.
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