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Re: Coffee Question - Looking for a Recommendation(s)

Posted by stan2 (A) on February 17, 2007 at 10:19:02

In Reply to: Coffee Question - Looking for a Recommendation(s) posted by Jeffm on February 17, 2007 at 07:48:59:

couple of my favorite places to buy coffee, and varieties, are:

Peets - national chain now. I used to buy when the only shop was in Berkeley. The one we come back to most often is Major Dickesons. Nice in a french press or espresso. Drink a lot of their Guatamala and Mocha Java, as well as special blends like Holiday and JR Reserve.

Stumptown - Portland biggie. Just tried it last week. Nice local enterprise. I got some of their Yirgacheffe, but also like the 'Hair Bender'.

Camp4 - Crested Butte Colorado. just great coffee and atmosphere. Couldn't see that they sell on line for you unfortunately. But I had to plug them.

Old Soul - Sacramento CA.. new kid in town. Very high quality product. Again, unfortunately, you gotta be here to get it, I think.

I tend not to like the 'fruity/sweet' flavors so much as the darker, fuller, probably over-roasted flavors. Probably due to drinking Peets for over 20 yrs, which tends to be over-cooked, according to some. The new trend among the new breed of roasters is to roast less and not impart so much of the 'burnt' flavor, letting the fruit come thru. It's taking me some getting used to frankly. Coffees from the Americas have more of the fruit flavor, I think. My wife has the better taste buds and she's not big on most of the Colombia, Guat, Brazil stuff.. Prefers Africas, Indonesia...

We got into some Jamaican BM in Jamaica a yr or so ago. Struck it rich finding a source of the best we tasted there for $11/lb! brought back about 25 lbs among 3 families.. Wish I still had it.

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