The 2024 Sacramento Coffee Lover’s Guide
A delivery of freshly roasted beans from Temple Coffee (Photo by Justin Posey, Courtesy of Temple Coffee Roasters)
SPECIALTY DELIVERY
Keep the cafe-quality coffee flowing in your kitchen with subscriptions from area java purveyors that send freshly roasted beans straight to your home.
Black Coffee Roastery
Grinding away since 2020, Black Coffee founder Dante Williams is a newer roaster on the block who also happens to offer one the best deals in town: His “Coffee Head CafFiend” subscription nets you two 12-ounce bags a week for only $28. While the list of coffees available for subscription (including the reliably fruity Ethiopia Yirgacheffe) may be short, this one-man roastery’s smaller size allows Williams to be flexible—just ask, and he’s happy to help tailor your subscription however you like. Starts at $14 per 12-ounce bag, for two bags. blkcoffeeroastery.com
Mast Coffee
Mast Coffee keeps things simple with weekly and monthly subscriptions to a changing, discounted array of ground and whole beans, whether you’re looking to dip your toes into a rotation of single-origin beans from Central America or dive into the deep end with blends like the Sacramento roaster’s popular Suite 7 (80% Guatemalan, 20% Ethiopian). Or both—Mast’s Dealer’s Choice option doesn’t force you to choose between single origins or blends, instead giving the coffee curious a chance to try something new every time without breaking the bank. $15 per 12-ounce bag. mastcoffeeco.com
Pachamama Coffee Farmers
The farmer-owned Pachamama has brewed up a great system to help you support coffee growers directly and have your pick of the proverbial harvest: Every bag of whole beans—both roasted and unroasted—in its portfolio is available for recurring subscriptions with free shipping and your choice of frequency, ranging from weekly to bimonthly deliveries. For more variety, you can instead choose from three different Roaster’s Choice subscriptions, each offering a monthly rotation of single-origin beans, blends or dark roasts. Starts at $17.50 per 10-ounce bag. pachamamacoffee.com
Sun & Soil Health Company
Insight Coffee may have recently rebranded to Sun & Soil, but the longtime Sacramento roaster’s thoughtfully curated organic coffee remains the same. With the choice of weekly or biweekly deliveries, Sun and Soil offers a seasonal assortment of origins and blends—alternatively, you can opt for a rotating selection hand-picked for you based on your tastes and preferences. There are also nine different grinding options tailored for brewing methods, from AeroPress to cold brew to Chemex and more, as well as a subscription for whole bean green coffee that you can nab alongside an assortment of roasting equipment so you can try your hand at the process yourself. Hard to get fresher than that. Starts at $17 per 12-oz bag. sunandsoil.health
Temple Coffee Roasters
With weekly to monthly delivery options, every subscription from this local coffee colossus ships free, including 12-ounce and 5-pound bags of signatures like its Three Pillars medium blend, and seasonal specials like May and June’s Indonesia single-origin Java Argopuro Mountain Natural (a first-time offering for Temple). Subscribers also can sign up for the Roaster’s Choice selection that offers a surprise, subscriber-exclusive single-origin coffee each month, like May’s Sumatra Tano Batak. Just to make sure you have the provisions you need for your special deliveries, Temple goes the extra mile with subscriptions for coffee filters too. Starts at $18 per 12-ounce bag. templecoffee.com
—SeanTimm
