Massachusetts coffee, written down

Holiday coffee gifts from Massachusetts roasters: seasonal blends, a splurge bag, decaf for after dinner and a bulk bag for a full house.

A Massachusetts coffee road trip: west on the Pike to Worcester, the Pioneer Valley, the Mohawk Trail and Lee, then down Route 6A on Cape Cod.

Boston and Massachusetts gifts from local coffee roasters: samplers, subscriptions, classes, chocolate and seasonal bags, grouped by town and region.

Coffee brewing methods compared: drip, pour over, French press, AeroPress, moka pot, espresso and cold brew, with grind, time and ratio for each.

Coffee history in dates: Sufi Yemen in the 1400s, the first coffeehouses, Dutch and French plantations, Brazil in 1727, and the machines that followed.

Cold brew from Massachusetts roasters: 11 of the 20 we profiled in depth sell it as a blend, in cans, on nitro or by the keg, plus the NCA's ratio.

Corporate holiday gifts from Massachusetts coffee roasters that sell to businesses: private label, custom blends, gift sets, and coffee for the office.

Fair trade and organic coffee from Massachusetts roasters: who holds which certification, two worker co-ops, and roasters that buy direct instead.

Fresh roasted coffee in Massachusetts: where our in-depth roasters roast, from Lee to West Dennis, how many days to rest beans, and how long they keep.

How to choose coffee beans: pick a roast for your taste, match the bean to your brewer, read the roast date, buy a week or two of coffee, store it right.

How to store coffee beans through a humid Massachusetts summer and a cold winter: containers, the freezer question, and how long beans stay fresh.

How to use a moka pot: the 1 to 10 ratio, how full to fill the boiler, grind, heat, when to take it off the stove, and fixes for bitter or weak coffee.

Massachusetts coffee history in dates: the first US coffeehouse in 1676, the switch after the Tea Party, Chase & Sanborn, Dunkin' and today's roasters.

Massachusetts coffee roasters by the numbers: roast levels, decaf methods, cafes, founding decades and machines across the 20 we profiled in depth.

Massachusetts tap water for coffee: hardness, alkalinity and pH for Boston (MWRA), Cambridge, Worcester and Springfield, from each 2025 water report.

The types of coffee beans: arabica, robusta, liberica and excelsa compared, the varieties inside arabica, and which ones Massachusetts roasters sell.

Where to drink coffee from the roasters we profiled in depth in Boston: 8 cafes from Downtown Crossing to the South End, plus Cambridge and Newtonville.