Currently my favorite roaster is Verve Coffee in Santa Cruz. I went to grad school at UCSC and have fond memories of my time there. They have a few cafes around the bay area but the actual roaster is in an old cannery and shares the space with Beckmann’s bakery and Pacific Edge rock climbing gym. I spent a lot of time there when I was living down that way so it comes with fond memories.

I revisited a bag of Django El Salvador beans today and the espresso was superb, best I’ve pulled in a few weeks.

I don’t know if they are my fav roaster or even if I have one, but for sub £25 a kg delivered the bang per bean is superb.

Only downside is they don’t have a huge selection.

dfk41 It’s good to hear about these sorts of deals, I think that’s the advantage of keeping your eyes peeled. There are many people who use a subscription service and tend to miss out on some great deals because they are not looking. Like that great deal on Kg bags from that Scottish roaster some weeks ago now.

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      dfk41 £20 and receive 20% off which is quite canny

      Is there a discount code for this please ?

          DavecUK Scottish roaster

          The offer is available on some bags !

            dfk41 Will sign up mate. Thx for the heads up.

                2 months later

                Any roasters offering discounts at the moment? I can’t do subscription as I’m usually in France but I’m currently in the UK and I’d like to take a few KGs back with me.

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                  Tim Wendelboa and Manhatten have been my favourites this year. I also must give a shout-out to my local, Sweven.

                  Ernie1 stumptown is good, just not in my current rotation of favorites. I will pickup a bag from time to time. I in San Jose, California - so it is easy for me to get.

                    I have tried quite a few over the last 6 months and have to say for Lattes and Cappuccino i would say the best so far I have tried is from a local roaster to me called Peaberry. Their Bollywood Espresso blend and Peace and Hope Espresso blend is first class and is now my go to beans for Lattes and cappuccinos

                    For Espresso I do like Foundry Rocko Mountain and their was one from square mile that was good too. Still searching for my go to Espresso for the mornings

                    a month later

                    My go to roasters, in no particular order.

                    Django, Rave, Black Cat, Foundry, Strangers, Curve, Crankhouse, Kiss the Hippo. Mrs brings home a kilo of Soul Blend crowd pleaser from Crazy Goat because she speaks to the guy regularly at work, it’s the only one I’ve tried from them and it’s good, easy drinking and great with milk, despite the fact I only buy SO normally.

                    10 months later

                    mission701 keep meaning to try Assembly for espresso but so far have only used them for pour over (and liked it a lot).

                    I have Assembly’s SO espresso and their espresso blend in the house at the moment. Both are great!

                      a year later

                      I like lighter roasted coffees. I get disappointed easily, but these are my usual go to roasters :

                      Curve based in Margate: https://www.curveroasters.co.uk
                      Sweven based in Bristol: https://www.swevencoffee.co.uk
                      The Source based in Edinburgh: https://www.thesourcecoffee.co.uk (even though they are crazy expensive)
                      Harmony based in York: https://www.harmonycoffee.co.uk
                      FCP based in Bristol: https://www.fcp.coffee
                      and Kiss The Hippo in London: https://kissthehippo.com

                      All really great. I also like Obadiah, Vibe with and Newground, but I wish they made an option to get the coffee without the box. Idk the extra packaging just seems kinda wasteful to me, but the coffee is really nice. Crankhouse is also great