Rave coffee. https://ravecoffee.co.uk/
I used to work a coffee shop in a bike shop. I got them started with https://www.ethosroasters.com/.
They are wonderful people and do a lot of great thing for the women in central America. They carry a natural processed Yrigacheffe and a natural Red honey from Honduras that is to die for.
UK, I would buy Monmouth beans (They had a store on Monmouth St by covent garden, but also one in Borough Market. I tried Hasbean and Square Mile, but just didn’t get as good coffee from their beans (Mazer Super Jolly grinder and a Expobar dual boiler espresso machine, making Lattes and Flat Whites).
In the US, I like Blue Bottle (Oakland CA), Conscious Coffee (CO I think, I mail ordered for a while) and Verve (Santa Cruz).
I always make coffee’s with milk, so I’m not getting the subtle flavors that the pour over 3rd wave people get, but I still find bean freshness and quality come through in the lattes.
These days I have a Mazer Super Jolly (a 110V one, as my 240V one from the UK wasn’t worth the hassle to run here) and an Alex Duetto dual boiler, rotary pump PID controlled espresso machine. Use it every day.
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Thank you so much @Ribinou for recommending Thomsons, the Full and Half French are great coffees. The Java is a great taste too.
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Highly recommend my local roaster here in Delaware:
I tend to buy beans every time I travel for work to try how different small shops roast similar beans. When I don’t, however, I’ll buy some from Coffee Hound in central Illinois. I used to work there in college and I love supporting them. Plus they really know what they’re doing with coffee.
For nice coffees I go to https://www.coffeebeanshop.co.uk/ as they roast to order, £25.79 for the five bag promotion plus P&P (5 varieties) . From there I’m sure you’ll find ones that suit your taste, not forgetting the grind will alter the bitterness etc, finding the right grind to coffee bean variety is key. For budget coffees I use Number 4 from Aldi. If you get the grind right, its a great tasting coffee for approx £2 a bag!
I’ve had my Jura Impressa C5 (bean to cup) for around 8 years, been serviced by a Jura mobile guy once and when the compactor went last year, I was informed by the Jura servicing guy that I should get in touch with Jura directly and they’ll drop off a crate and collect/deliver/repair/service all at a fixed cost price. This cost around £150 and guaranteed it for 12 months. Parts alone would have come to more than that, hence the service guy said he couldn’t compete with their repairs costs. Must admit, when I got it back from Jura it was like a mew machine again!
Hoping to get many more years out of my coffee machine 
and would recommend Jura without question. Quality and service excellent…
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Well, I’ll suggest you Ethiopian coffees because I love it…
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Maxwell House. 
+1 on the whole statement. Aeropress and Major Dickasons for travel. I have a Jura S9 super automatic at home that sees the same coffee.
My S9 is 9-years old. Been back via the method you mentioned once. The service was fantastic.
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Kopi luwak 
Just like to add that I’ve just found Starbucks espresso and Americano versions of the dolce gusto machine pods. For those of us with a £40 coffee machine these I think are better than the dolce gusto pods, the espresso definitely has a kick to it
I’d tried a few of them, didn’t like them. Then my neighbor gifted me the Three Sisters one, and ermahgerd. It’s now my treat on the weekends.
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It’s been my staple commercial brand for probably 10 years. Always the dark roasts but now exploring the mid grades like Hoodoo Jo (couldn’t resist a logo like that!):
Spin doctors and crankers, rejoice. Hoodoo Jo puts the pedal to the mettle, drives the wheel and rolls comfortably along the edge. Taste the Hoodoo’s power, and the light will shine within.
As an aside, in 2012 KH sold a majority share for ~$100 million (not bad for 20 years of grinding away).
In 2017 the private equity group sold to Italian coffee giant Lavazza for ~$175 million. 
Would this be a bad time to note I drink day old coffee…microwaved?
Coffee and wine are two yhi gs I wish I had an appreciation for. I like both…but I’m just not picky.
Created an account just to post this. 20% of proceeds go to local charities that help pups. Great coffee, have ‘Paper and Slippers’ delivered every 2 weeks.
My friend, Jaime de la Cruz, just opened up Corsa Pro Coffee (https://www.corsapro.com/).
Mulholland is an absolutely fantastic dark roast (if you’re into that).
Worth the $$ IMHO.
I have a nice coffee machine at home, it’sBreville-Nespresso USA Creatista Plus. I think, you may find all the information of it here.
just tried an Awesome Ethiopian from Quills! If you want 30% off trade coffee, you can use my code: Refer Friends and Get Free Coffee | Trade Coffee
Cheers!!! mmmmm, need another!!!