COFFEE ROASTERS - a home buying guide

These are my opinions, heretowith (I'm stealing Coffee Review's pithy comments)

US GENERAL:

Intelligentsia Coffee
Named Roast Magazine's Roaster of the Year in '06 - they believe that compassionate treatment of people and the environment inevitably yields a higher quality. Based in Chicago. http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/
WHAT COFFEE REVIEW SAID:
Who should drink it: Lovers of discreet drama.

Whole Foods
Roasting Allegro coffee in on-site roasting machines. Beans are roasted daily and sold from the bins within seven days.
WHAT COFFEE REVIEW SAID:
Who should drink it: This blend manages to be extremely dark-roasted while remaining fat enough to produce a decent espresso shot, making it a good choice for dark-roast extremists with espresso machines and a commitment to organic products.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD:
The Supreme Bean
They have no posted hours, and though they will let customers walk in and buy a pound, they are really a wholesale operation- no glamour here. 5750 Tujunga Avenue, North Hollywood. Website not live yet. Suggest you let the beans "rest" for 3 days.
WHAT COFFEE REVIEW SAID:
Who should drink it: Those who prefer their comfort with complications. (Those who enjoy some tonal complexity in their straight shots and cappuccinos.)

PASADENA:
Jones Coffee Roasters
Coffee Roaster and storefront for customer service. I have known Chuck for years. He will be teaching a coffee class at Descanso Gardens for home coffee consumers in Spring '07. Suggests that you let the beans "rest" for three days. 537 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena : http://thebestcoffee.com
WHAT COFFEE REVIEW SAID:
Who should drink it: A versatile coffee with enough acidity for traditionalists, enough roasty bitterness for coffee-with-milkers, and an ingratiating sweetness that should please all. Blends of two distinctly different roast styles can create a blurred, self-canceling impression, particularly if the dark-roasted part of the blend is too sharp or overbearing, but here the two roast styles work together elegantly.


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