469935 Sun Dec 16 09:12:53 -0800 2007 4 10 Florida 0 3212447 I'm looking to buy good quality coffee beans in Miami (and elsewhere in South Florida). Is there a raved-about or recommended in-town roaster? I've learned that roasted coffee beans last in quality for up to 2 weeks from the time they were roasted. I'm also willing to buy imported if they tend to be better. And I found out WagonWheel coffee beans are grown in Davie, FL - the only coffee plantation in the continental US. Are they any good comparing with the other stuff we can get here? Sun Dec 16 09:12:53 -0800 2007 101012 mialebven 1 3213261 Only place I can think of that roasts their own is Baby's down in Key West. http://www.babyscoffee.com/ I'm fascinated by the initiative of someone attempting to grow coffee in Davie, but I suspect there's a good reason coffee isn't grown domestically (other than Hawaii). Sun Dec 16 14:36:52 -0800 2007 3212447 35525 Frodnesor 2 3497513 Baby's hasn't roasted their bean in the Keys for I few years. I think they moved it to the mainland but still have a shop in the Keys. Island Joes is the only one who does now and seems to be winning awards right and left for his coffee. http://www.islandjoescoffee.com/ Sun Mar 16 06:36:00 -0700 2008 3213261 15229 Suzie 1 3497272 While the coffee beans in Davie are obviously grown locally, Food & Wine made an article "Best Boutique Roasters" http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/taste-test-coffee-1 and it showed Volcanica of Coral Springs being one of the best in the country alongside with the famed Intelligentsia coffee. Maybe it would be a good idea to encourage local coffee shops to carry beans from a local roaster like Volcanica. It seems like their beans are good (and obviously the only one mentioned in South Florida by the magazine) - amazing how it just was under our nose all this time! Sun Mar 16 00:08:23 -0700 2008 3212447 101012 mialebven 2 3500047 Great find. Had no idea anyone roasted coffee here. Selection for Volcanica seems limited and high end (Kona, Blue Mountain, etc.). Mon Mar 17 06:32:35 -0700 2008 3497272 12101 lax2mia