Tuesday, July 14th, 2009...2:44 pm
Where Do I Get My Green Coffee Beans?
The most popular question I get when I tell people that I’ve been roasting my own coffee since 1998 is:
Where do you get your unroasted coffee beans from?
There are many places now that sell green coffee beans. Most are mail order and have websites with online shopping carts. Just go to the website, fill your shopping cart with your green bean choices, make payment and then wait by your mailbox. Within a few days, you can be roasting coffee.
Here are 4 places you can start your unroasted green bean coffee buying. There are many more.
- U-Roast-Em.com – This green bean resource is run by INeedCoffee contributor James Cameron. He sells beans in 1, 5 and 25 pound increments.
- Kona Earth – The best way to ensure your 100% Kona coffee is fresh is by roasting it yourself and just in portions that you consume in a timely manner. Kona Earth is run by INeedCoffee contributor Gary Strawn.
- Sweet Marias – This is where I started my home roasting journey. I was fortunate enough to meet Tom at his old shop in my hometown of Columbus back in 1998. Not only is Tom a pioneer in the home coffee roasting field, he is also a fellow Ohio State University graduate.
- Paradise Roasters – If you are an espresso drinker, you will love their blends. Now that I’m in my espresso phase, I’ve been ordering a lot from here in the last year.
Sources:
A Coffee Education in Columbus Ohio – INeedCoffee article by Ryan Jacobs has a section on the original Sweet Marias shop.
Coffee Roasting Articles – Coffee Roasting articles and tutorials on INeedCoffee.
Tags: green beans
5 Comments
July 14th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Seattle Coffee Works sells green coffee in the store. I think some other local roasters might do the same — not sure.
At any rate, by buying local you save the postage and the wait.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for the mention. I do indeed sell green beans from my website. They’ll ship to most places in the U.S. within 3-4 days. Most customers purchase roasted coffee but I do have some that regularly roast their own.
I’m always careful to say “unroasted green beans” instead of just “green” because I want to avoid confusion. Even with that, a couple weeks ago I had a customer that purchased unroasted green beans by accident. When she put them in her grinder she said it made a horrible noise.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
ROFL. I hope she didn’t try to brew the unroasted coffee.
July 15th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Were you reading my mind? I’ve been debating trying some home roasting, but of course before I did that I would need some green beans.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:47 am
Very informative. Good to know that there is a growing interest in individuals roasting their own their own coffee.
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