Online Coffee Providers
coffeeforlife;29268 Does anyone have any suggestions for where to get coffee online? I tried one, but it was terrible.
I would like to start with, I understand this is a really old post, posted a year after I retired from the Navy, but actually 11 years since I started roasting coffee at home. Ever since I read Kenneth Davids Home Roasting Romance and Revival and began roasting my own coffee, I always wanted a coffee roasting business and thought it best to start with a large audience, 300 million plus potential US customers based on population. This would allow me to start without the overhead of a coffee shop front end and see how it goes. Well I am 2 years into this and have had many bumps along the way, many from a bad web developer (she was good but we had a bad relationship after 18 months and that is a whole different story). I have personally purchased hundreds of dollars of coffee from most of my would be competition and will say that 60%+ that say they offer fresh roast to order coffee fall short of that pledge. Coffee fresh out of the roaster has a distinct flavor and aroma, so does older stale coffee. Coffee has the shelf life of a loaf of bread and most people do not understand this, the best flavors come alive in the first two weeks; after that the aromas and flavors start to decay. I will also state that not all coffee can be roasted or stand up to darker roasts, we roast each coffee from each growing region to it fullest potential for flavor, no darker, no lighter. If you believe that a darker roast is stronger coffee, I will correct you and ask, "when you cook with wine do you get drunk from the alcohol?" The answer is NO because the alcohol is cooked out of it, the same thing happens with coffee. The longer or darker it goes the less caffeine is left in it. Want a good strong, flavorful cup of coffee go with a lighter city roast of Guatemala Lake Antigua, Dominican Republic or El Salvadorian coffee, we currently offer two out of the three. Also espresso is a type of grind and a brewing method not a coffee type, so any type of roast can be an espresso. If it is the caffeine buzz you are looking for go with the lighter roasted coffees. I can say without a shadow of doubt that I stand by my pledge to offer not only the freshest coffee from roaster to doorstep but will offer anyone from this forum 10% off just use the promo code "c-forums" at checkout. We are Emerald Roast Coffee Company, find us online emeraldroast dot net, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook (we are running a promo, when you like us answer the question before November 11, 2013 "what is the best place to store coffee the refrigerator, freezer or neither? Why or Why Not?") the winner will be picked at random on Veterans Day for a free bag of fresh roasted coffee and follow our blog at coffeetalkwither.blogspot.com we are the new kids on the block but offer the freshest, organically grown, direct trade, Fair Trade and Rainforest-Alliance coffees. We are the "Jewel of Coffees from Around the World".
Giovanni
Roast Master
eKoffee.com carries a variety of different coffees from many origins around the world and the beans are roasted to order by our partner Roasters who drop-ship our orders direct to the customer to ensure absolute Freshness. 
