Paradise is one of the best roasters around. Miguel no longer works there but the roaster is still in the family. He has moved to Hawaii and is working on a Kona plantation now.

The best favor you can do for yourself is use fresh (3-10 days from the roast date) coffee. Your cup will only be as good as the starting product. Even wonder why supermarket coffee tastes the same between the first day and 20 day you use it. It is already stale and dead, it has nothing left to loose, and never had anything to offer. Second biggest favor you can do is get a good grinder. Preground = stale/dead coffee. Invest $300 in a decent burr grinder.

Metropolis, Paradise, Counter Culture, Intelligentsia, Chestnut hill, Grumpy, PT’s coffee, Ecco café, Klatch, Blue Bottle, Barefoot, Caffe Fresco (caffefresco.us) are all top notch suppliers of fresh coffee just to name a few I reccomend trying.