bulk coffee?

[hungry_ghost]

A chow-ish query:

As I've settled into cold-brewing iced coffee and drinking a good sized cup on my way into work in the morning, I've realized that we need a better source for coffee beans than the grocery store. We have been getting Equal Exchange beans at something like $10-12/lb, which is ok, but I'm sure we could be doing better.

What are some good options for bags larger than 12oz. at a time, preferably from a good (local?) roaster? It doesn't have to be world class, (it will be poured into a plastic cup with ice, after all), but it'd be nice to be better than DD or 'bucks...

[hungry_ghost]

nice. thanks, all! we're due for a trip to russo's anyway, i'll make sure to have a look at their beans.

[Jenny Ondioline]

Next to the mushrooms, in front of the cheese counter. Kind of awkward to get to on a busy day, but worth the effort.

[bear]

Wow, never thought to look at the coffee at Russo's. Do they have some medium to dark roast? That's what we usually drink. $6.99/lb sounds amazing.

[Jenny Ondioline]

I buy my beans for iced coffee -- which sounds excellent and I believe I'll go make myself one right now -- at Russo's. The dark French roast is excellent when sent through a Brikka and then poured over ice with a shot of half and half, and they're $6.99 a pound. I forget the name of the roaster.

[StriperGuy]

I think Russo's has very good beans at decent prices. Prefer a slightly lighter roast myself...

[Jenny Ondioline]

The breakfast roast is a good light roast. I only use the dark roast for iced.

[StriperGuy]

If you are going to stray to teh internets, these are both great options:

http://www.kaldi.com/fcofeetyp.htm

http://www.coffeebeandirect.com/index...

And less then $50 for 5 pounds including delivery.

[Dr Guac]

Redbird Coffee, not local, sells 5 lbs bags for $50 delivered.

[gourmaniac]

Marty's liquors (Newtonville) used to have 2 lbs of good french roast beans for about half that cost. Haven;t been in years though.