We get asked by friends and family where to buy coffee a lot. It’s a tough question! It’s easy to lose track of just how many incredible, fresh, vibrant coffees are out there. Every week, we ask our advertising roasting partners for coffee recommendations they’re most excited about. Here’s this week’s collection of some of the most interesting whole bean coffee offerings available from talented roasters across the globe.
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Joe Coffee Candied Lemon, Almond Paste, Cinnamon |
$25/12oz |
Pachamama Coffee Farmers Grown on the volcanic shores of Lago Atitlán, this is an exceptional single origin coffee from Guatemala. |
$19.50/10oz. |
PERC It’s fun to see how fermentation with different things affects flavor. As soon as you open the bags, you know you’re in for a treat! The lychee co-ferment explodes with big flavors. It’s a bright, fruity, and super complex cup. The cinnamon offers big Cinnamon Toast Crunch vibes with enough sweetness to put snap, crackle, and pop into a dang coma. This box set is a chance to have a ton of fun. Taste each coffee alone or mix them up and make your own creation. |
$50/2x8oz |
Klatch Coffee Klatch Coffee’s top-rated single origin holiday coffee, “Original Christmas” is back! This customer favorite from Ethiopia offers flavor hints of cranberry, chocolate, and sugar plum – perfect for enjoying with friends and family during the upcoming holiday season. In 2023, Original Christmas garnered customer feedback like: “Sniff and sip slowly. The aroma in particular is compelling…cocoa powder dusted over dark berries.” |
$23.95/310g |
Olympia Coffee Alexander Vargas is a Cup of Excellence-winning producer for his Pink Bourbon varietal. He continues to innovate in processing and drying, making his coffees an absolute delight for us to roast. |
$29.75 / 12oz |
Nigh Swim Coffee Tasting Notes: Peach, Mango, Lemon, Floral Honey |
$24/12oz |
Sightglass Coffee Persimmon, Cardamom, Toffee |
$23/12oz |
Onyx Coffee Lab Ethiopia Gesha Village Oma Natural |
$60/4oz. |
Partners Coffee The García Luna brothers belong to a producer group of mostly younger farmers in the community of San Vicente Yogondoy, Oaxaca. Most of the coffee planted here is a variety called pluma hidalgo (or simply pluma), a local mutation of typica. This lot is comforting and approachable with notes of milk chocolate, orange zest, caramel, baking spice, cashew butter, and dark honey elevated by red apple and white grape. |
$23/12oz |
DUNE Coffee Roasters Zip Zinger is our signature blend, developed to enjoy as an espresso or as a brewed coffee. We named this coffee for the iconic skateboard designed by Mark Gonzales, who inspires us to be creative and have fun each day. Currently, Zip Zinger is comprised of 25% Colombia Cauca, 25% Ethiopia Aricha, and 50% Honduras Ojojona. |
$15.50/10oz. |
CXFFEEBLACK A HIGA JUNT -NATURAL RWANDA KILIMBI STATION |
$21/8oz. |
Verve Coffee Roasters From our house to yours, Seabright House Blend is undeniably inviting. Seabright showcases apricot and honeydew flavor notes composed of direct trade coffees from El Salvador and Guatemala. A balanced mouthfeel. And aromatics of toasted hazelnuts. Set yourself up for a winning day with one of our easiest drinking blends. |
$19.75/12oz. |
Equator Coffees Only here for a limited-time, this coffee was produced by Ibu Rahmah on her family’s farm located in the Aceh Province of Northern Sumatra. In addition to producing her own coffee, Rahmah is the chairwoman of the Ketiara cooperative, makers of our beloved Queen Ketiara since 2015. This delicious light roast transcends the typical earthy character Sumatra coffees are known for, brewing a smooth and inviting cup with notes of dried cherry, rooibos, and allspice. |
$21/12oz, $47.75/2lb |
Portland Coffee Roasters St John’s is the signature espresso blend at all of our cafes. It’s named for a beautiful bridge in Portland, Oregon, and it may be the most beautiful bridge in the world! Dizzyingly high and radiant, St Johns Bridge is the perfect pairing with our vibrant, well-rounded coffee blend that carries lovely orange flavors across your palate. This blend is great when brewed as drip coffee or espresso. |
$17.00/12oz |
La Barba Coffee This directly sourced Castillo has delicate peach sweetness with intense and complex floral character. Its a coffee that balances sweet flavors and delicate notes beautifully – the result of Diego Bermudez’s meticulous farming and a scientific approach to coffee processing. |
$28/12oz |
The Barn This Advent Calendar contains 24x Single Origin Coffees from producers that decided to change the way they grow and process coffee. It includes: |
$165/42oz |
Phil & Sebatian We love Jose Cuellar’s coffee so much, we’re proud to present his 2nd tin! This time, his rare Bourbon Aji variety. This tin is even more tropical and floral than his Geisha. |
$23/100g |
Madcap Coffee Every fall, we set our sights on crafting the ideal balance of bright acidity and deep sweetness and call it Harvest Moon. This year, two familiar single origins were chosen to create this autumnal blend. |
$22.00/8oz |
Mr. Espresso Rosalba Cifuentes Tovía came to the San Francisco Bay Area from Chiapas, Mexico, with two small children and without knowing any English. What she did know was coffee. Incredibly, she built a network within Bay Area coffee circles. It has been her passion to use her coffee expertise to uplift the people from her native community of Chiapas. With 168 women producers of small acreage farms contributing to this lot, we are extremely proud that it is among our offerings. Rosalba has grown Mayan Harvest into a source that represents some of the best in the region. Combined with direct traceability and an exquisite taste that brings to mind notes of cherry, cream, and panela, this is a coffee you’ll feel good about buying and better about drinking. |
$18/12oz |