Comments on: Five Top Coffee Roasters Delivering to Your Doorstep

By: prime coffee

prime coffee — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:06:07 +0000

‘Fresh coffee’ slogan is ludicrous on a coffee bag with a 6-month expiry date (or longer!). When was the coffee package? Our coffee is roasted on demand and delivered for free to our Australian clients who are discerning coffee connoisseurs. I guess that those who buy slate supermarket coffee are a different target market.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:39:53 +0000

Great list, I’d add stumptowncoffee.com and mochajoes.com though. Stumptown is definitely up there with Intelligenstia and the owner of Mocha Joe’s used to work with George Howell of Terroir. Both have some really good coffees that I’d highly recommend trying.

I saw the comment about roasting to order. All of these specialty coffee roasters do that. It’s one of the major things that set specialty coffee roasters apart from big name brands like Starbucks and Dunkin Doughnuts, where the coffee has been sitting in the bag for a while before you even buy it.

By: weeklyroast

weeklyroast — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:56:05 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Mail order coffee really is one of the best ways to get fresh coffee at home, shipped same day the coffee is roasted. You’re right, supermarket coffee does taste like it’s been sitting on the shelf forever… usually because it has! Supermarket coffee is typically between 2 and 6 months (and it goes stale about 10-14 days after roasting)!

By: Kylie

Kylie — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:38:59 +0000

Yep, fresh roasted coffee is a must for any coffee connoisseur. Barefoot looks good…

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:53 +0000

I did a class on the history of coffee and can appreciate the new information this article talked about. I’m a Seattle girl and started drinking coffee in middle school and haven’t stopped since. I’ve found another company: http://www.coffeefool.com that will roast it when you order it, then ship out the next day. On my bad days, I might just smell the coffee to cheer myself up. I only wish Dunkin Donuts would do the same as I’m currently Dunkin Donut deprived!! Until I get my Dunkin Donut fix, I’m a Coffee Fool!!

By: weegee

weegee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:50:35 +0000

Check out Oakland local Sweet Maria’s as a green coffee supplier: http://www.sweetmarias.com/index.php

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:59:50 +0000

If you are a real coffee connoisseur, getting a really high quality roaster is a must – I know for a fact that Ecco Caffè has some amazing goods and products.

By: local fresh roasted coffee

local fresh roasted coffee — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:21:30 +0000

There is nothing like having your own fresh roasted coffee in the morning :) What’s the maximum time for coffee to be considered fresh? If I order from overseas, I don’t think after a week I can classify anything as fresh anymore.

By: thejavajedi

thejavajedi — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:20:24 +0000

I appreciate the great advice and links to some of the leading edge of the coffee wave. Coffee over the past 40 years has gone through such a fundamental shift both from the producer/growers side, roastery business and consumer appreciation that staying up to date on the latest thinking is not always an easy thing to do especially for the lay consumer who just wants to be able to get a good cuppa joe. I would add one other roaster, who is larger than the rest of these guys but still adheres to the same principles with which they started operating over 40 years ago. And they are local to the Bay Area! Peet’s Coffee and Tea is always offering fresh coffees from arounnd the world and despite their size are able to maintain a roast to order business because the coffee they roast is all still roasted by hand by very experienced roasters. While I am a full supporter of the amazing businesses pushing the envelope today like Intelli, Stumptown, Ritual, CC etc., we are very lucky to have so many great options out there. Hope everyone finds the cup they enjoy!