k f.
Yelp
Fantastic coffee beans and even better customer service. One of the most important factors to a quality cup of coffee is the freshness of the bean. If you're in the area, you absolutely need to be getting your beans from here. They are roasted to perfection and you'll be getting a batch that is fresh. If you're getting your beans from a supermarket shelf (or worse, Amazon) you have no idea how long they've been sitting there.
You can order your beans whole or ground, and you can even choose how finely you want them ground (aka, if you use a french press, order them course). I prefer to grind my own, but it's a nice feature they offer.
East Coast is my go-to for my daily brewing and I consider myself very fortunate to be living so close to a quality roaster. I toyed with the idea of roasting my own beans, but it's not worth the efforts considering how affordable East Coast is. Why mess with perfection?
Rich, the owner, is just an all around great person and personally helped me as we came up with a gameplan to use his beans as a party favor for my wedding reception. I had personalized mini burlap sacks that he examined and figured out how to properly package the beans in. I was sad to give away the fabulous beans (I wanted to horde them for myself) but it was great working with him. His wife also works at the store, and is equally fabulous. A great product from a local family run store is all you could ever ask for.
I love this coffee. I'm drinking it now as I write the review. I shudder when I see people wasting 4 bucks on a mediocre Starbucks cup. East Coast is the only way to fly!