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     joy Citizen Username: Joy Post Number: 127 Registered: 5-2001 |
I need to buy some really high end coffee for a gift. Looking for whole bean by the pound. Usually go into the city and go to McNultey's -- but don't think I can get there in time. Is there any place local? DOn't want DD or Green Mountain stuff - good but will not impress the giftee. Also Village Coffe is not an option. I go there only under duress. Thanks. | ||
| blackcat Citizen Username: Blackcat Post Number: 138 Registered: 6-2001 |
TM Ward in Chatham may have a better selection. Its off of Main Street near the center of town. | ||
| marian Citizen Username: Marian Post Number: 57 Registered: 9-2001 |
Beans on Church Street in Montclair has some of the best coffee I've ever tasted as well as an excellent selection of teas and high-end munchies. | ||
| Tom Reingold the prissy-pants Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 1364 Registered: 1-2003  |
Fairway and Zabar's charge about $6 a pound for top-notch coffee. Elsewhere, I find myself paying about $13 a pound. Can I do better than that locally? I don't get into NYC often any more. Yesterday, I ordered some Zabar's coffee online, for my first time. Let's see how that works out... Tom Reingold There is nothing | ||
| JGTierney Citizen Username: Jtg7448 Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2003 |
My husband is a coffee freak. He has every gadget known to man. We only buy Illy - our thought: The Italians do it right. It is the smoothest cup of coffee and/or espresso. Whole Foods sells it or check out www.illyusa.com for gift ideas. Also as a side note, we moved here from Brooklyn Heights but will be travelling back to get some of Jacque Torres' Hot Chocolate in DUMBO. It is pure heaven! Please try to the spicy kind: www.jacquestorres.com And of course, his chocolates are amazing! | ||
| Hank Zona Citizen Username: Hankzona Post Number: 873 Registered: 3-2002 |
you can do mail order/Fedex with McNulteys | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5874 Registered: 4-1998  |
Blue Mountain or Kona | ||
| finnegan Citizen Username: Finnegan Post Number: 57 Registered: 6-2001 |
The favorite in our house is Peets Coffee, which you can have shipped from Berkeley,CA. Dark roast fans will love the French Roast, while the Italian Roast is great for expresso machines. You can order whole bean or ground to your specs. This time of year they usually offer a holiday blend which is also wonderful. They also have a large selection of teas, and their food offerings (especially the chocolate covered dry fruit) are wonderful. check them out at: http://www.peets.com/shop/shop.asp | ||
| Popo Citizen Username: Popo Post Number: 24 Registered: 1-2003 |
We love Peets, too. You can buy a couple of varieties at Whole Foods. | ||
| 1-2many Citizen Username: Wbg69 Post Number: 701 Registered: 6-2002 |
we get our espresso roast at Whole Foods and at Trader Joe's (TJ's is MUCH cheaper - $4 instead of $10). it was a lot of dough to shell out for an automatic espresso maker. but you know what, it was worth every penny. every single morning, I just LOVE my latte. | ||
| tourne Citizen Username: Tourne Post Number: 254 Registered: 1-2003 |
www.cafealtura.com Cafe Altura is some of the best ORGANIC coffees at good prices. The dark roast decaf is really good! Call them rather than order on line and you can get a five pound bag of whole beans at a discount price. | ||
| Tom Reingold the prissy-pants Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 1387 Registered: 1-2003 |
Wow. I ordered coffee and other stuff from Zabar's on Tuesday and received the stuff the NEXT day (yesterday)! I don't think it could get any faster! Tom Reingold There is nothing | ||
| J. Crohn Citizen Username: Jcrohn Post Number: 780 Registered: 3-2003 |
Popo, the Peets at Whole Foods is not the true Grail. Been sitting around too long or something. Basically, to get the real thing, esp. the French roast, you have to order it from Berkeley. We haven't consumed anything else in...jeez, I think it's more than a decade now. "We live more densely, so we have to be careful about shooting each other." -Tom Reingold the Prissy Pants | ||
| J. Crohn Citizen Username: Jcrohn Post Number: 781 Registered: 3-2003 |
For chocolate truffles and etc., the source to end all sources is Dilletante Chocolates in Seattle. Very small shop, proprietors descended from Russian chocolatiers to the Czars or something. There's no website. You just have to call them. Try: (206) 728-9144. "We live more densely, so we have to be careful about shooting each other." -Tom Reingold the Prissy Pants | ||
| luanda Citizen Username: Luanda Post Number: 129 Registered: 2-2002 |
Tom, you CANNOT get good coffee for $6/lb. Anything at that price is either a very low-grade arabica bean or, more likely, the crapola robusta beans that constitute most supermarket coffees. Robust beans simply make for lousy coffee. If you want a real high-quality coffee, you're gonna have to spend at least $8 and probably $10+ per pound. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5884 Registered: 4-1998 |
I was thinking the same thing after seeing the $5.98/lb for Blue Mountain "Style". It's either coming from jamaica or not. There's no "style". | ||
| 1-2many Citizen Username: Wbg69 Post Number: 722 Registered: 6-2002 |
Trader Joe's got style! $4 for 12 oz or so maybe, for my espresso blend. c'est yum! | ||
| 1-2many Citizen Username: Wbg69 Post Number: 723 Registered: 6-2002 |
excuse me very much, that's 13 ounces for $4! (disclaimer: this recommendation applies only to espresso roast) | ||
| luanda Citizen Username: Luanda Post Number: 130 Registered: 2-2002 |
Trader Joe, Trader Shmoe - at that price they are, at best, the very lowest quality arabica beans (Arabica beans are the kind you want ... Robusta beans are good for cat-litter). If you want GOOD quality beans, expect to pay $8-$15/lb FWIW, the coffee market, especially in Brazil, has collapsed over the last few years, because Vietnam is dumping huge amount of Robusta beans on the market at VERY low prices - General Foods, Kraft, et al. love that! So when you buy your Maxwell House at $4 for a 12 oz can, you're getting coffee that not only is extremely poor quality, but you're paying about 10 times what it's worth. As an added bonus, the collapse of the coffee market in South America has also exacerbated the problem of rain forest destruction, and encouraged farmers that used to make a good living from coffee to switch over to growing coca. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5888 Registered: 4-1998 |
Trader's was the worst coffee I've bought in a store. (However, I like the store a lot for other items.) Lately I've been enjoying Gevalia Kona. |
