Looking for something to change up your coffee routine?

Real Simple (the magazine) boasts about “7 Buzz-Worthy Coffees” – giving some recommendations for coffees you can try to change up your coffee routine…

1. Pete’s Coffee Uzuri African Blend
2. Counter Culture La Golondrina
3. Starbucks Pike Place Roast – I have to admit to liking this one myself.  But when I buy beans for regular coffee rather than espresso I like to find something different to buy.
4. Jim’s Organic Sweet Love Blend
5. Stumptown Coffee Roasters Kenya Gaturiri Reserve – molasses and black currant? count me in.
6. illy Whole Bean Coffee Medium Roast – All of the illy coffees are fantastic in my opinion.  There is nothing quite like the smell when you crack open a tin of illy coffee.  Now, for some reason Real Simple says that you can only get it in “ground” rather than whole bean, but the picture says “whole bean” and I’ve never had trouble finding illy whole bean coffee…
7. Gimme! Coffee Rwanda Remera

So, if you’ve been stuck in a rut with your daily coffee routine, try one of these to change up the routine… But I’ll add a couple more ideas to the list:

Ruta Maya - a fantastic organic coffee from right here in Austin.  The Cubita (black package) has a great aroma.  They’ve been in business in Austin for years, importing from Central America.  And then there’s Third Coast Coffee, another good local roaster.  Or Kohana Coffee (love their website, haven’t tried the coffee yet!)….

Do you have to move to Austin to find these? Of course not! No doubt there is a small roaster in your town (or two, or three, or ten) to try out.  If there’s an organic grocery store (Whole Foods, Sprout, etc) or a Costco, those are good places to start looking for alternatives that might be local (at least, they are good places to look for options in Austin, along with HEB and Central Market).

Happy hunting…