Comments on: Good whole bean coffee in NYC?

Question: Good whole bean coffee in NYC?

gsh — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:28:47 -0800

Looking for Intelligentsia quality coffee in NYC--around Chelsea, if possible.

I'm about to have an extended stay in NYC for work and will be staying in an apartment that has a coffee maker (hallelujah!) but no grinder. As such, I would like to have a nice stash of coffee. I'm a groupie of Intelligentsia coffee here in Chicago and would like something of that caliber. The place should offer whole bean, in 1/2 and full pound bags and be able to grind on site. I'm staying in Chelsea but know my way around the city.

By: bedhead

bedhead — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:37:42 -0800

My coffee-geek roommate says to try Porto Rico. There's one on Bleecker, one on Thompson in SoHo, and one on St. Marks. He used to live in Chicago and "used to almost live at Intelligentsia" when he lived there. He says Porto Rico has the best bean he's found in the city thus far.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:38:24 -0800

Just go to a Whole Foods and get Allegro coffee. I like the Ethiopian peabean, or the Guatemalan. You really can't do any better.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:41:35 -0800

Oren's. That's my drug of choice. They've got locations all over Manhattan.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:45:27 -0800

Allegro.

By: huskerdont

huskerdont — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:49:24 -0800

Ditto for Whole Foods and Porto Rico. I'll also put in a mention for both Balducci's on 14th St. & 8th Ave. and Fairway on the Upper West Side - Both stores have among the finest selections of coffee I've seen in the United States.

For coffee-to-go, there's a great independent coffee shop on W 25th Street and Sixth Avenue in Chelsea as well.

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:07:25 -0800

The A&P at Union Square can grind some Eight O'Clock for you.

By: falconred

falconred — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:54:53 -0800

Porto Rico si good stuff. I find Whole Food's beans to be too dry.

By: smallerdemon

smallerdemon — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:09:36 -0800

Uh, you know you an order Intelligentsia online, right? So, order it, get a good cone burr grinder, enjoy.

(Will be in Chicago next week indulging in Intelligentsia.)

I live in San Fran, so luckily I have Blue Bottle Coffee.

By: JMOZ

JMOZ — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:15:40 -0800

as suggested by jason's_planet, Oren's Daily Roast (locations throughout Manhattan) is (IMHO and the less humble opinion of my coffe-snob friend) the best coffee in NYC.

By: JamesMessick

JamesMessick — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:42:00 -0800

I hear the real coffee snobs are drinking this stuff where some kind of wild cat eats the beans and then shits them. Supposed to have a real exotic flavor. I'll pass, personally.

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:25:54 -0800

no, that cat passes

By: JMOZ

JMOZ — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:51:27 -0800

Since it's been long enough that it's probably not a problem if I derail, I figured I'd link to the wikipedia page for Kopi Luwak, which JamesMessick was talking about. The "cat" in question is a type of civet.

By: NYCinephile

NYCinephile — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:39:28 -0800

A 3rd vote for Oren's.

For a change of pace, try the Juan Valdez Cafe in midtown.

I was unable to find a link directly to their site, so I'm referring you to a review that I posted on Yelp earlier this year.

By: weaponsgradecarp

weaponsgradecarp — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:25:07 -0800

omfg the most delicious coffee ive ever had is at Think on mercer street (corner of 3rd)