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comment by zebra2
zebra2  ·  1576 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 4, 2019

Totally envious of that espresso machine. Where do you get your beans to roast?





demure  ·  1576 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mostly Sweet Maria's. They're local to me so I don't have to pay for shipping, which is handy.

I am also local to Cafenated Coffee, a roaster and café. I met the owner when they opened the shop and he agreed to sell me green beans from the farms he has relationships with--so occasionally I do that.

zebra2  ·  1576 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I knew it would be Sweet Maria's. Once I am equipped to roast coffee I'll have to get some from them.

demure  ·  1576 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I also used to buy from Happy Mug Coffee when I lived in New England, and was satisfied with both their green beans and their roasted coffee (but for roasted, order the 1-lb bags; the 1/2-lb don't show up in vacuum sealed bags).

I started out roasting with a popcorn popper!

kingmudsy  ·  1576 days ago  ·  link  ·  

God, you're making me miss good coffee. I've got all of my stuff packed away right now, and my parents' old, scaly Keurig makes me want to die on a daily basis.

It hasn't felt worthwhile to dig it out with my broken leg before now, but...I mean, I gotta