Where my coffee nerds at? I'm looking for beans

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1. Whats your set up? Drip, pour over, french press etc.

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Daily cup: Braun Multiserve drip machine
Pour over: Hario v60
Espresso: Turin Legato

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2. Do you grind your own beans?

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Yes. I use a Capresso Infinity Plus grinder for my drip, Turin DF64 for my pour over and espresso.

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3. What are some of your favorite beans and is it more important to get local freshly roasted or are there some good options I can find online?

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The bean and roast date are very important. Grinder second.

Ideally, get something local. This way you ensure it’s freshly roasted and you’re supporting a local small business. If that’s not an option you can order beans online from speciality shops. I tend to order from freshroastedcoffee.com because I can get 2lbs of single origin beans for $30. Though I haven’t been in love with what I’ve ordered lately. YMMV.

I'm a big fan of Trade Coffee's subscription. You can sign up to get freshly roasted beans weekly (or however frequent you want) shipped to you from various roasters from around the country. Absolutely recommend grinding your own beans, particularly if you're doing espresso.

Here is the grinder I use: Baratza Encore

Espresso purists will rightly point out it doesn't do a precise enough grind for espresso, but it's a good starter grinder that allows you to grind from fine to course. If you're new to espresso, I definitely don't think you need to try to get a more precise grinder as that is quite the investment. So unless you plan to get really serious, I think it would be overkill for your purposes.

I'm not a huge espresso guy, so it works for my purposes.

I have several methods for making coffee which include the following:

1. Technivorm Moccamaster KBT
2. French press
3. Chemex
4. Moka pot
5. Deloghi Dedica Arte Espresso Machine
6. A singlecup pour over cone
7. Aeropress
8. Coldbrew carafe
9. Nitro Coldbrew mini keg

The moccamaster is what I use the most because I'm lazy.

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Espresso purists will rightly point out it doesn't do a precise enough grind for espresso, but it's a good starter grinder that allows you to grind from fine to course. If you're new to espresso, I definitely don't think you need to try to get a more precise grinder as that is quite the investment.

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Baratza makes an espresso version of the Encore but for the same price or less you can grab something from Turin which will be a superior espresso grinder. The Turin SK40 (conical burr) or Turin DF54 (flat burr) are great options at reasonable prices. Both are stepless too.

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How fresh are we talking for the roast date? You want something roasted in the last 90 days? Month? Week?

Just trying to gauge where people’s expectations are when they buy.

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If I'm buying local, within a week of purchase, and I understand it will lose some flavor after two weeks or so.

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I figured getting a newbie to spend over a $100 on a grinder would be hard enough, much less if I told them that it was designed for only one type of coffee

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Good points. Getting into espresso really opened my eyes to how much money people throw at bean water. I’ve got maybe $700 in my espresso setup…people on FB post up with like $10k to $20k setups.

where are you located..

could lead to many local suggestions for beans

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where are you located..

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BR. The only local beans I've tried is French truck