Once again, I speak not for the company but from my own experience and opinion.
Part of what we are about is the "Third Place." Starbucks is trying to continue the historical legacy of the CoffeeHouse from Europe and the Middle East to be that place where the community gathers. A real world FanHome if you will.
Home roasting runs counter to that. Now, we do sell home brewing machines, so there is a possibility about someday entering this niche market. I kind of expect it at some point it would be similar to our Black Apron Exclusives. Limited run, small quantities.
As for where to get green beans of high quality? Hard to answer, as most of these are local. Green Mountain I believe does do shipping. You and Varardi both use Sweet Maria's, and I think Dillano's out of Sumner, WA also does. But I would have to check.
side note on Dillano's, I turned down an offer as an apprentice roaster when I went to CoffeeFest 2002 in order to join Starbucks. Call it choosing stability. I eventually have fallen in love with the company though.
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Originally Posted by Bucky
Okay Bedir. I began roasting my own coffee beans about 3 years ago. For anyone that hasn't bought unroasted (green) beans, roasted them and then freedom-pressed them - they're missing out on the best heights coffee can get to. With respect, there's no starbucks or seattle's best or whatever that can compare.
But I do have a question about the best place to get unroasted coffee beans. We do have a local coffee hut in the town next to us (named Armenos in Northboro, MA) that sells unroasted coffee beans, but their main schtick is that they roast them in these two huge bean roasters they have in their mill-store. The place smells great.
When I don't get the unroasted beans from Armenos, I order them on-line from Sweet Marias. Great selections.
So two questions - will Starbucks EVER sell unroasted beans, is this a market the company is considering?, and do you have any additional expertise on how best for guys like me to buy even greater quality unroasted beans?
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