Posted Tue Apr 10, 2012, 9:56pm Subject: Re: Good Coffee?
i've had excellent, good and just ok coffees from most all the specialty roasters i've tried.
as for roasted beans, the last few that i've had from intelligentsia, handsome, portola, ritual, blue bottle and some other have all been pretty good. for greens, if you want to home roast, ive been primarily getting them from klatch, sweet marias and roastmasters.
maybe go for a type or origin that you've liked or want to try and give them a try.
there are a ton of specialty roasters out there to choose from. this list is for espresso roasters but they should know what they're doing with regular drip coffees too. Click Here (www.home-barista.com)
Posted Tue Apr 10, 2012, 10:07pm Subject: Re: Good Coffee?
frank828 Said:
i've had excellent, good and just ok coffees from most all the larger roasters out there.
as for roasted beans, the last few that i've had from intelligentsia, handsome, portola, ritual, blue bottle and some other have all been pretty good. for greens, if you want to home roast, ive been primarily getting them from klatch, sweet marias and roastmasters.
maybe go for a type or origin that you've liked or want to try and give them a try.
there are a ton of specialty roasters out there to choose from. this list is for espresso roasters but they should know what they're doing with regular drip coffees too. Click Here (www.home-barista.com)
Cerridwyn Senior Member Joined: 6 Jun 2010 Posts: 393 Location: Inland Empire California Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Wed Apr 11, 2012, 5:22am Subject: Re: Good Coffee?
The high end stuff is getting high end. I was in Klatch the other day and they had one you could buy as a pour over for 10$! a cup.
I have found that in most areas I go to, quality is looking up. I don't roast my own and I prefer coffee to espresso 90% of the time.
Barefoot does good. We have a old/new place locally that is doing great and saves me shipping quite a bit.
I had fun and could afford a short subscription to Citizen Bean and got to try places I had never knew existed. It's expensive but you get a full pound a month from a 3rd wave roaster along with some kitchie stuff.
Posted Wed Apr 11, 2012, 1:09pm Subject: Re: Good Coffee?
In Mass, if you're around Boston, you can find Stumptown beans at Thinking Cup, Counter Culture beans at Espresso Royale, Pavement, and Render, and Pavement usually has guest beans from folks like Ritual. Plenty of options to test out the bigger names in specialty coffee in the city.
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