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Coffee anyone?

I'm a bit of a coffee snob, anyone have a favorite roaster/blend/origin?

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shank on August 11, 2011 at 7:25pm

Lopez Island Roasters..from WA...their Med Roast Nicaraguan is awesome

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Gisbert on August 11, 2011 at 7:59pm

I'm having trouble finding any info on their coffees. Do you know if they have a website? I am very into small roasters with smaller batches. If you're on the West coast you should try some coffee from Four Barrel coffees. They do a phenomenal job with their single origins particularly the Guatemala Antigua Retana, it has a lot of fruit tones (citrus and cherry mostly) yet it's surprisingly smooth. If you get a chance you should get yourself some Four Barrel Coffee.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Rosenberg on August 11, 2011 at 7:26pm

peet's on the west coast, too many to list from mpls although peace coffee is nice and delivered by bicycle locally, i don't have a east coast favorite, i like indonesian coffees, very aromatic and full flavored.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Gisbert on August 11, 2011 at 8:02pm

Indonesian coffees are amazing, but sadly few roasters allow the full flavor to remain through the roasting process. I have yet to find a true Indonesian coffee that didn't disappoint me. Most just taste burnt.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Lombard on August 11, 2011 at 7:52pm

I've had to cut back a bit here recently, but I'd put myself in the same category of bean related snobbery. Not sure where you're at geographically, but my two favorite roasters are Verve in Santa Cruz, CA and Copper Door in Denver, CO. Both are available online. Verve's Buena Vista and Los Naranjos blends are excellent (and where I'd start), depending on whether you want a dark or medium roast. Sinjin at Copper Door is a cyclist himself and a sponsor of the Breck Epic multi-day MTB stage race in Colorado (I like to support people who support the sport of cycling). Copper Door's Columbia Espresso is really smooth and would be a great place to start.

Check out http://www.vervecoffeeroasters.com and http://www.copperdoorcoffee.com.

If you order one (or more) of the above, let me know what you think! Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Gisbert on August 11, 2011 at 8:07pm

I'm in Denver, and I'm super stoked on Verve, I'll be ordering some on Monday. Copper Door is so-so. I've been surprised by a few of their coffees yet mostly just thought it was over roasted and didn't really reflect the flavor they described.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shank on August 11, 2011 at 8:08pm

it time to roast your own...the Lopez Island Roasters are only available in the San Juans, great stuff, I brought 2# back with me after drinking it all week while on Lopez..good reason to visit I guess

also try Millar's...wood roasted, very nummy from Yacolt, WA...try the Lucia http://millarscoffee.com/

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Permalink Reply by Ariel Brown on August 11, 2011 at 8:16pm

Dopers Suck Coffee

doperssuckcoffee.com

Organic, Fair-trade, small batch roasted in Denver immediately before shipment, and it supports IMBA.

What else could you ask for?

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Gisbert on August 11, 2011 at 8:33pm

Heart Coffee Roasters (Portland)

Intelligentsia Coffee (Chicago)

These are two of my favorite coffee roasters, both are easily available through their web stores, and heart has the SMOOTHEST coffees of all time.

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Permalink Reply by Joey Mullan on August 11, 2011 at 8:59pm

http://www.53x11coffee.com/

They are okay.

http://www.ravensbrew.com/

These guys aren't too bad either!

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Permalink Reply by Justin H on August 11, 2011 at 9:31pm

Another vote for Heart, good stuff. I've been drinking a lot of Extracto lately, both french press and cold press, and loving it. Can't recall the variety I've been buying though but am out and need to restock so can find out if you're interested, but everything I've tried from them is good. Stumptown's Hairbender and Intelligentsia's Black Cat both make a great espresso, but it sounds like you want to try roasters that are significantly smaller. I haven't tried the coffee from Clive yet (outside of some cold press at a party that was part of a mixed drink) but have heard good things and they DEFINITELY know their equipment.

If there are any Portland based ones you want that aren't available online we can arrange some sort of coffee swap if you want, have done it with a few others and it's always worked out.