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Originally Posted by Deviaant
Short of the standard Tim Hortons or Starbucks any good places to buy good fresh coffee beans? Please note in no way shape or form am I saying Timmies is good coffee im just saying it seems to be a popular place to buy coffee for home.
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If you really want fresh coffee, have you considered roasting your own? I've been doing it for a year and am getting fantastic results. You can get started with a good drum roaster for a couple hundred bucks, so if you drink a lot of coffee, it can pay itself off pretty quick since green beans are roughly 1/3 the cost of roasted beans. Air/Stove Top roasters are even cheaper.
I consider myself to be a full on coffee snob and have learned that fresh beans make a huge difference. Most reputable snobs will tell you that coffee should be ground only right before brewing and that it should ideally be used within 1.5 weeks of roasting, but no longer than 1 month after. I do occasionally buy roasted beans, but never anything that has a "Best Before" date instead of a "Roasted On" date. Places like Cafe Rosso, DeVille and Phil&Sabastien are some good ones that I've found.
Good resource:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/index.php
Here's the roaster I have. It's about the size of a small toaster oven. $300.
