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Where can I buy organic coffee?

Where to buy shade-grown organic coffee?

  • Coffee drinkers! Can you help me source shade-grown organic coffee (I'm not interested in certification, but rather in those principles) from a US roaster that will roast and ship to me within 24 hours? Your personal recommendations only, please. I am looking for personal recommendations for shade-grown organic whole bean coffee from a US roaster that will roast and ship either on the same day, or roast one day and ship the next day. I am also in the US. I've found several sources through Google, but would like recommendations from MeFites who've actually used such sources. I am primarily interested in coffee that is shade-grown and organic. Rainforest-friendly, bird-friendly, fair trade would all be bonuses. I am not looking for certified coffee (although certifications are fine), but with what I've sometimes heard called "relationship" coffee -- where the roaster knows and works with cooperatives in coffee growing countries that follow the above principles. Something like the equivalent of "know your farmer" organics, where the farmer isn't necessarily certified organic. Even MORE specifically, I am looking for recommendations of medium-roasts of such coffees, but if you can recommend a specific roaster but not a specific coffee, that's great.

  • Answer:

    http://www.oldbisbeeroasters.com/Default.asp is awesome. Pretty much all the African coffees are out of this world.

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hukka

For a one-time order, or are you looking for a supplier? We've been pretty pleased with Just Love Coffee here in TN (right in my back yard, actually) - they order and roast themselves, have a decent organic selection andhttps://justlovecoffee.com/wholesale/businesses/. They're good people to boot - give 'em a shout and see. We don't buy coffee from anyone else any more. I'm in there probably every other week for more Sumatra and Ethiopian.

jquinby

If you're willing to try an espresso roast, I would suggest https://www.espressovivace.com/catalog/order.php. Both are shade-grown, hippy-approved, and roasted/shipped same day. http://www.espressovivace.com/reviews.html and apparently Emeril Lagasse has described Vivace as the best coffee in the US.

saeculorum

I've really enjoyed the 50/50 Arabica/Robusto from http://www.justcoffee.org/, and they're pretty much the essence of 'relationship' coffee.

carsonb

My personal favorite is http://www.gimmecoffee.com/Coffee-C13.aspx, which does a lot in the way of relationship coffees. I'm especially loving their Kenya Gatomboya right now, and if they get more Finca San Luis in, I would get it in a heartbeat.

dorque

http://www.camanoislandcoffee.com/. I think you'd like their Papua New Guinea medium roast.

bearwife

Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago.

a robot made out of meat

some choices from Memphis: http://http://www.uglymugcoffee.com/ (certain blends and stuff are certified organic though the rest are fairly close, and shade-grown) and a kind or two of http://www.mccartercoffee.com/index.htm items are noted organic and shade grown. Ugly Mug is my brand of choice (either Hardy Passion or Saving Grace, both of which are medium roasts). have heard good things about McCarter but haven't (yet) been able to try it out.

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