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.

  • Cipher@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    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.

    • MoreCoffee@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      I subscribed to them a few months ago, they are fantastic. Some of the tastiest and unique coffees I’ve had.

    • AvailableFill74@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      What does the clean/funky label mean though? I purchased from them from time to time but can’t really understand it.

      • Cipher@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 years ago

        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.

  • WooChooTrain@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Roman@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Eogram@beehaw.org
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m in USA,

    https://happymugcoffee.com/

    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.

    • Roman@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      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

    • BeerPope20@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • Eogram@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 years ago

        Well that’s a bummer to hear, maybe it’s time to check out the current options again.

  • NoHardshipInPancakes@beehaw.org
    1·
    2 years ago

    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

  • kukkurovaca
    1·
    2 years ago

    East Bay, my main go-tos:

    • Mother Tongue for approachable and easy to brew medium and medium-light roasts (they also medium-dark and dark blends, but I haven’t tried those yet)
    • Hydrangea for fruit-forward alt process coffees
    • Flower Child for ultralight roasts

    Other cool roasters:

    • Cute Coffee
    • Chromatic
    • Kaveri
    • Queerwave
    • fessord@lemmy.ml
      0·
      2 years ago

      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!