Anyone know a good place that sells good coffee beans in the Raleigh or Greensboro area? Need it as a Christmas present. Thanks

12/14/2006 11:31:00 PM

fresh market, trader joe's, or southern season (Durham)

12/14/2006 11:32:12 PM

By definition coffee cannot be gourmet.

12/15/2006 12:20:46 AM

Sorry can't help you with a local place, but for fast DHL shipping on truly great coffee from Austria:

meinl.com

President Blend (beans 500g) is fantastic.... just order a few months worth at a time and the shipping cost isn't bad at all.

12/15/2006 7:26:19 AM

A local favorite non-chain coffee place would most likely have no problem selling you the beans they use every day. Whether you could package it for a gift and whether you could make it taste that same way they do while using a regular household coffee maker may be a different story though. If you go to a place that sells loose coffee beans in one of those big bins like fresh market I would wonder about how long they are sitting there.

12/15/2006 9:41:36 AM

Whole Foods

12/15/2006 10:01:15 AM

Caribou Coffee.

Get a 1/2 pound of the "Kenya". Yes, this coffee bean is native to the country Kenya.

~$8 - 9.50 is what you are looking at.

Awesome coffee. Get it ungrinded if you can.

I got it as a gift a couple of years ago, now its the only coffee that I drink.

trust me, whoever you are getting it for will approve.

[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 10:07 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/15/2006 10:06:49 AM

Counter Culture in Durham.

Best Beans, not a chain, and roasted in house.

12/15/2006 10:19:45 AM

I appreciate all the suggestions, will go out today and shop around a little bit.

12/15/2006 10:48:18 AM

I get my coffee from Global Village.

12/15/2006 11:42:30 AM

Cup A Joe on H-boro roasts theirs in-house...it's the freshest I can find in Raleigh

12/15/2006 12:27:57 PM

Illy all the way.... It's in the stocking of every member of my family, every year.

12/16/2006 9:36:40 AM

Quote :

"Illy all the way"

12/16/2006 11:13:03 AM

coffeefool.com

12/16/2006 10:26:59 PM

ten thousand villages in cameron village has some good coffee

12/17/2006 12:31:00 AM