# Coffee Connoisseurs: Recommend An Honest, Reliable Online Retailer

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-connoisseurs-recommend-an-honest-reliable-online-retailer/726895 "2015-08-03T17:05:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-connoisseurs-recommend-an-honest-reliable-online-retailer/726895/1 "2015-08-03T17:05:32Z")

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I’ve read that, when it comes to coffee, the labels on the product (Jamaican Blue Mountain, Kona, etc.) may be just words on paper due to dishonest merchants. Can any of you bean-afficionado Dopers point me in the direction of a coffee retailer that will sell me Jamaican Blue Mountain and/or Kona coffee that is 100% legit?

Also, can you recommend a Kopi Luwak coffee retailer that is a) cruelty-free and b) not lying (I’ve read that 90% of the coffee sold as “Kope Luwak” is anything but).

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-connoisseurs-recommend-an-honest-reliable-online-retailer/726895/2 "2015-08-03T18:05:28Z")

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I can completely recommend [these guys](http://www.wildgoosecoffee.com/). I know them. If they don’t have what you want, ask them for who they would recommend.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-connoisseurs-recommend-an-honest-reliable-online-retailer/726895/3 "2015-08-03T18:19:35Z")

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We use Sweet Maria’s or Burman’s. We buy the beans green and roast them ourselves.