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Deals & events · Oct 17, 2026

Coffee This Week — October 17, 2026

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Current coffees from the roasters we follow, side by side by roast level. Prices as listed on each roaster’s site when last checked.

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Idido Counter Culture Coffee$26/12oz Kenya Kiangoi AA Intelligentsia$25/10oz Kenya Karumandi Stumptown Coffee Roasters$23/10.5oz Ethiopia Biftu Gudina Verve Coffee Roasters$27.50/12oz Ethiopia Abana Estate Equator Coffees$23.50/12oz Worka Chelbessa, Ethiopia George Howell Coffee$26/12oz Kenya - Rianjagi Partners Coffee$27.50/12oz Sun Catcher™ Peet's Coffee$20.95/1lb

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Hologram Counter Culture Coffee$20/12oz Intelligentsia House Blend Intelligentsia$17.50/12oz Holler Mountain Stumptown Coffee Roasters$20/12oz Streetlevel Verve Coffee Roasters$22/12oz Sunnyside Breakfast Blend Equator Coffees$18/12oz Worka Chelbessa Medium, Ethiopia George Howell Coffee$26/12oz Brooklyn Partners Coffee$20/12oz Big Bang® Peet's Coffee$21.95/1lb

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Forty-Six Counter Culture Coffee$20/12oz El Diablo Blend Intelligentsia$17.50/12oz French Roast Stumptown Coffee Roasters$20/12oz Buena Vista Dark Roast Verve Coffee Roasters$22/12oz French Roast Blend - Regenerative Organic Certified® Equator Coffees$19.75/12oz Dota Dark, Costa Rica George Howell Coffee$21/12oz Manhattan Partners Coffee$20/12oz Major Dickason's™ Peet's Coffee$21.95/1lb

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Black Cat Classic Espresso Intelligentsia$17.50/12oz Hair Bender Stumptown Coffee Roasters$19/12oz Jaguar Espresso Fair Trade Organic Equator Coffees$19.50/12oz Alchemy Espresso George Howell Coffee$20/12oz Flatiron Partners Coffee$20/12oz Espresso Forte® Peet's Coffee$21.95/1lb Eye of the Tiger Espresso Equator Coffees$19.50/12oz

Roasters we follow

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Counter Culture Coffee Light single origins & classic blends Seasonal light-roast single origins plus steady blends like Hologram and the dark Forty-Six, roasted in Durham, NC.See samples →

Intelligentsia Direct-trade coffee & espresso Bright single origins next to long-running house, dark and Black Cat espresso blends from Chicago.See samples →

Stumptown Coffee Roasters Portland blends & single origins Widely available blends such as Hair Bender and Holler Mountain, plus rotating single origins.See samples →

Verve Coffee Roasters Farmlevel single origins Light single origins and a full range of blends from medium to French roast, roasted in Santa Cruz, CA.See samples →

Equator Coffees Full roast range, organic blends Every roast level in one shop, including several espressos and a French roast, from a San Rafael, CA B Corp.See samples →

George Howell Coffee Light roasts with medium versions Clean, light-roasted single origins, several also sold in a medium roast, from the Boston area.See samples →

Partners Coffee Brooklyn-roasted blends Clearly labeled roast levels on every bag, from light single origins to the dark Manhattan blend.See samples →