Is your coffee grown in the United States?  The answer is most likely not. Coffee only grows under specific circumstances, so it is much more likely that your coffee was grown in Brazil or Vietnam than in the USA.  There are, however, places in the US that are capable of growing delicious coffee. At the time this sentence was written, there are 328,891,486 people in the U.S. (census.gov). and 64% of them are drinking at least one cup of coffee per day (creditdonkey.com).  That is a lot of coffee. Phrases like, buy American, and made in the USA are used all the time to encourage support for the United States…

So, you want to find the best grocery store whole bean coffee.  The supermarket is a low-pressure environment where you can browse at your own pace, read package info, and discover new coffee. If you are just starting to get your feet wet with coffee culture, it can definitely be a little intimidating. Believe me, I understand. As soon as you start to explore the world of coffee you’ll encounter words like origin, roast, blend and brew type, just to name a few. Not to mention all the different types of equipment and the coffees with exotic names like Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and Tanzanian Peaberry.  It seems like learning a foreign…