Hey everyone,
I thought, as this is a pretty small community, it would be interesting to have a discussion on everyone’s favorite rosters in their region/country and what kind of coffee you like best from there.
In Belgium, I really like Mok Coffee in Leuven. They have some solid Ethiopian roasts.
I really enjoy Black and White coffee roasters of of Wake Forest, NC. They experiment with a huge variety of things. I choose from their single origin options every time I’m low. From clean to funky, I really enjoy getting a new experience with each new bag.
I can second Black and White. They consistently have some of the most interesting coffees I’ve tried.
What does the clean/funky label mean though? I purchased from them from time to time but can’t really understand it.
I had a really hard time figuring that out as well, until I got into food fermentation. There are certain aspects of flavor and scent like boozy fruits or muskiness that are generally referred to as “funky”.
A lot of it comes down to the processing method for coffee. For natural processes where the coffee cherry’s fruit body is left on the bean during fermentation, you’re a lot more likely to get these funky notes.
For “washed” processes where the fruit body is removed before fermentation, you get more of the flavor from the coffee bean itself. These tend to be more “clean” in flavor notes.
In Boston area, I really like Pavement Coffee! They have a few locations around here. I’ve used their coffee for pour over and espresso and it’s great for both!
As a nice bonus, they also have great homemade bagels.
I make it to Boston like once a year I’m gonna check them out next time, got a recommendation for roast?
Honestly, their house blend is really good (Rathskeller House Blend). I also like the Genji Challa for a lighter roast.
I’m in USA,
They’re not close to me, really, but same country.
But when I order, I get coffee that was roasted within the last couple days. Good variety of roasts, and I’ve never disliked anything I’ve tried, all high quality.
edit Oh, this post is 2 years old. Well it’s still a good question! Hopefully this community picks up with all the new users.
I’m a former employee. My experience there wasn’t great. Owner treated employees poorly.
OTOH you aren’t going to beat their prices anywhere else, but the main reasoning for that is they try to keep costs as low as they can and push the employees to get everything out same day to keep orders coming in. It was pretty exhausting and there was a high employee turnover.
If you’re on a budget they’re fine. If not, go elsewhere.
Well that’s a bummer to hear, maybe it’s time to check out the current options again.
Maybe with all of the sketchy reddit exploitation more people will come over here!
Seconding happy mug although I buy their greens and then just roast it at home in an sr800 It’s hard to beat the value of 4-7 dollars a pound even considering the 10%-20% weight loss after roasting
Florida east coast here! apocalypse coffee is my favorite local roaster they do a lot of different origins/roasts, and their seasonal options are usually good.
black cat coffee is also pretty good but I’ve only had one bag from them and I need to try some of their other options.
https://kafferosterietkoppar.se/ Free shipping all over Sweden, always freshly roasted. They have a subscription I like where they send you a new different bean every month.
hello from a reddit refugee!
Nylon Coffee is skate or bicycle away from home.
They also drop freshly roasted beans on a vending machine so I can pickup beans anytime. I prefer african/floral variety so skipped their South American heavydeliver-to-home-subscription.
Big fan of Methodical in South Carolina. They get some very interesting roasts.
https://kafferosterietkoppar.se/ Free shipping all over Sweden, always freshly roasted. They have a subscription I like where they send you a new different bean every month.
hello from a reddit refugee!
Probably beats Hemköp coffee at least, I will have to see if I can get some next time I am there! Reddit refugees are always welcome!
Much appreciated! I just asked for Swedish recommendations in another post. Any opinion about gringo Nordic?
I’ve never tried them but just as you seem to, I’ve heard lots of people speak good about them!
Maine here! Precipice Coffee in Ellsworth has some incredible light roasts, and for more body Speckled Axe in Portland, wood fire roasted coffee, top notch stuff
@JustEnoughDucks
Lilo coffee roasters in Osaka is my overall favourite.It shows up as a regular comment it seems, at least on the app
I’m in Scotland and I really like unorthodox roasters
Kansas City here!
The local wholesale clubs sell two pound bags of their beans for $15.
we have some coffee planted in Yunnan province, but they are not very famous yet. :)
I’m in southeast asia and always by my coffee from Yunnan! Are you commercially selling it? If so i’d happily buy some to try!
haha sorry i m not a coffe saler
