Where do you buy your coffee?

[Jack2000]

You don't need a propane stove--just an electric popcorn popper. They don't roast a ton of coffee, but they work really well. Here is a how-to (this how to shows you how to wire a switch and control the heat, but you really don't need all that--just plug and go.) http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/28/h...offee-roaster/

 

[Green Lantern]

Once you go black you will never go back

http://www.catahoulacoffee.com/

 

[shiftless_bum]

http://www.idealcoffee.ca/ $13/lb CAD + shipping +1= Prince of Darkness

 

[jdcpa]

I usually just buy Seattle's Best from Target. It's about $5.99 a pound. Fits the bill.

 

[syracuse1976]

Costco. They haven't disappointed yet.

 

[Kuro]

I order HÃ

diard via Crossings.

 

[Rambo]

I just found out that a local Whole Foods has started offering roasted coffee on the premises. They'll take whatever you want and spot roast it for you while you shop. Anybody tried their coffee before?

 

[kwilkinson]

Intelligentsia is great when you're in Chicago.
Out here, nothing is as good as a cup of Blue Bottle, or especially a Blue Bottle Cafe au Lait.

 

[arced]

Originally Posted by Rambo

You recommend anything in particular from these sites? I've heard good things about Intelligentsia but I thought SweetMarias was the place to go to buy unroasted beans.

Intelligentsia is more commercially oriented in terms of selling roasted beans to consumers. I really like them, but since I live on the East Coast and they're in Chicago, I find them that their shipping takes too long (I don't want to lose the days of freshness to UPS). I order the majority of my coffee from Counter Culture Coffee which is a great operation (www.counterculturecoffee.com/). If I lived on the West Coast, I'd probably go with Blue Bottle or one of the West Coast operations. That said, I order ever so often from Sweet Maria's, even though they're in Oakland. I find their coffee pairings to fun experiments. This last one where they took the same bean and roasted it for different lengths of time wasn't uninteresting.

 

[CunningSmeagol]

I have been drinking this Daterra Farm Special Reserve from Terroir lately:

http://www.terroircoffee.com/store/m...fo.php?gid=181

It is unlike any other coffee I've tasted, but I don't necessarily mean that in a good way. It is fun but not the kind of thing I would buy routinely. Terroir has a good selection, though, and they ship.

Barismo is also good (and ships):

http://shop.barismo.com/

Anyway they are both local and ubiquitous in Boston's heavy gourmet spots.

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Speaking of roasting your own, a year or so ago I was glancing through Sweet Maria's for home roasting equipment, and one of the items listed was much like a stovetop popcorn popper. Is that something that can be used outdoor on a propane burner (to avoid the inevitable smoke)? Is it effective?

Thomas, does the original Specs Liquor Store downtown still roast their own coffee? I remember in the early 90's when I'd walk in there and the place sometimes reeked of roasting coffee.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by HORNS

Thomas, does the original Specs Liquor Store downtown still roast their own coffee? I remember in the early 90's when I'd walk in there and the place sometimes reeked of roasting coffee.

I think I saw the roaster on premises the last time I went but the coffee smell was not especially strong. This was - I think - a month or so ago.

 

[thekunk07]

mail order from Gimme! coffee

 

[pajames]

Here in Pittsburgh we have nicholascoffee.com. They have good variety and the prices are fair. They also have a nice selection of teas. I don't even go downtown any more, I just go online and in a couple of days the order is here.

 

[Green Lantern]

Blue Bottle and Ritual are the fous fous of roasting here in the bay but I am a "hard" coffee drinker and Catahoula has got them beat! Seriously, Catahoula is great. Before I went with McGlaughlin coffee another small outfit. They give the roasting a personal touch you can taste.