Thought it was time I wrote a review of SweetMarias Coffee Warehouse for Google patrons. Firstly, I’ve never visited this location in person. I’m strictly an online customer. My first purchase dates back to the spring of 2008 when I purchased a coffee subscription. IIRC this subscription lasted over a 3 month period. One of the owners (Thompson Owens) would ship a pound of roasted coffee to me every other week. I would always choose an espresso roast as I was trying to learn the art of brewing espresso at home & through the research I had done it was necessary to use freshly roasted espresso coffee. So the plan was to use Thomason’s espresso roasts as a benchmark to my beginnings as a home coffee roaster. The subscription would rotate through all of the espresso roasts SM’s (SweetMarias) they offered and at the time there were around 5 or 6 styles of espresso coffees they offered with their coffee subscription. What a treat it was to have finely roasted fresh roasted coffee sent to me over that 3 month period. So here we are in January 2024 some 16 years later and I am still buying coffee from SweetMarias except the coffee I have been buying the past 16 years is green coffee that I roast instead of having Thompson roast it for me. I want to make it clear that I have been extremely satisfied with all of the green coffee i have purchased these past 16 years from SweetMarias & I should mention I have purchased green coffee from several other sources on occasion during this time & in no way have any of these other sources come close to matching the level of quality service I’ve always received from SweetMarias & why I’ve continued doing business with Thompson, Maria and all the staff at this coffee warehouse. Besides offering the best selection of coffee throughout the world, SweetMarias also provides an extensive array of everything needed to roast and brew coffee. If I haven’t covered it, their shipping has been outstanding, including the price that’s charged for this service. More often than not i buy 20 pound lots of coffee at a time and shipping usually for 20 and more pounds for $12, certainly no higher than $15 and I need to mention I live in Florida, about 2000 + miles one way. I also want to mention the excellent reviews of all the coffees SM’s offers. It’s quite a feat for the staff, including Thompson for them to be able to convey in a few paragraphs literally all that is needed to know in order to make an intelligent choice when choosing which coffee to select yet their reviews on tasting and all of the other variables you need to know, are written in a concise & easily read manner. If you’re for a place to buy green or roasted coffee, look no further
Service: 5
Taoist Elf
My partner has been ordering online for a decade +. It's the only coffee we drink! Every morning we have a freshly home-roasted small-farm coffee. We've sipped our way through wildly diverse regions and every coffee country in our lovely world ?. India Monsoon is my personal fave. ?All of our interactions with our sweet Maria have been awesome, professional and speedy. These folks are the real deal: as passionate about sourcing beans from small local farms that are unique and sustainable as we are about drinking them and supporting our world communities. Can't get more direct fair trade!We're planning a trip up to Oak from Santa Cruz just to visit our coffee mecca in their new(ish) digs. (I'll update my review with impressions of (un)ground coffee zero.)Thanks Sweet Maria's for a decade of delicious and stimulating mornings and see you soon! ?
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roasted Beans
Kaye
Highly recommend for online ordering! Fast shipping, great packaging, responsive email communication. Thank you!!
Gigi G.
nice store. easy to find what you want. in other words it i very tidy and not cluttered.
E C.
Our visit was back in March. My brother went through a home roasting phase and recommended them. Cool place! We were so thrilled to find filters for the Chemex 3 cup!
Flying Swordzman
I finally got to visit. It's something we've always wanted to do. Three gentlemen are seated at two desks. Two were preoccupied, and the third assisted us. I wished they were more knowledgable about coffee, but they either didn't want to talk about it or were simply uninformed. Regardless, we're delighted we came in and will continue to order online.
Shawn T.
Ordering online is a snap but just remember you can only pick up Tuesday to Thursday. I also dropped by once and it took 5-10 minutes as you still ordered online and then the sales staff took the order number and brought the beans to you soon.
Atulia Mo
The staff was very helpful and friendly. Clean bathroom that’s worth calling out. We went there to pick up a coffee bag we ordered online. At the store they offered us a free bag and answered our questions.Will definitely go back
Mike Nolan
If you are into or interested in roasting your own coffee, Sweet Maria is a genuine mecca... Lots of great coffee accessories too!
Barbara Currie
Great selection very fast shipping secure packaging and nice people
What's not to love about Sweet Maria's? They are a source for quality education on all coffee-related matters. I've roasted coffee for about 5 years and SM was my go-to place for learning how to roast and the characteristics of different beans.
Jaycee D.
Nice coffee place! The employees are awesome too!.. especially ms Caren J. She was super helpful and an excellent addition to the team
Troadio Satizabal
Great choice for green coffee beans from all over the coffee growing regions of the world. You will be roasting what you buy. Roast your own, only way to enjoy the best cup of coffee.
Aron Encarnacion
Julio Nungaray helped us on troubleshooting with the roaster we bought (Aillio Bullet) he also shows us how to operate the machine as a plus. He has been sending phone text to see of everything is ok. Any Company should have a Julio Nungaray with them. Excellent Mechanic and coffee roaster!
R N.
I have ordered green coffee beans from Sweet Maria for MANY years and they are the BEST beans!!! and the BEST folks to work with, always answering my questions, giving advice!!
Thought it was time I wrote a review of SweetMarias Coffee Warehouse for Google patrons. Firstly, I’ve never visited this location in person. I’m strictly an online customer. My first purchase dates back to the spring of 2008 when I purchased a coffee subscription. IIRC this subscription lasted over a 3 month period. One of the owners (Thompson Owens) would ship a pound of roasted coffee to me every other week. I would always choose an espresso roast as I was trying to learn the art of brewing espresso at home & through the research I had done it was necessary to use freshly roasted espresso coffee. So the plan was to use Thomason’s espresso roasts as a benchmark to my beginnings as a home coffee roaster. The subscription would rotate through all of the espresso roasts SM’s (SweetMarias) they offered and at the time there were around 5 or 6 styles of espresso coffees they offered with their coffee subscription. What a treat it was to have finely roasted fresh roasted coffee sent to me over that 3 month period. So here we are in January 2024 some 16 years later and I am still buying coffee from SweetMarias except the coffee I have been buying the past 16 years is green coffee that I roast instead of having Thompson roast it for me. I want to make it clear that I have been extremely satisfied with all of the green coffee i have purchased these past 16 years from SweetMarias & I should mention I have purchased green coffee from several other sources on occasion during this time & in no way have any of these other sources come close to matching the level of quality service I’ve always received from SweetMarias & why I’ve continued doing business with Thompson, Maria and all the staff at this coffee warehouse. Besides offering the best selection of coffee throughout the world, SweetMarias also provides an extensive array of everything needed to roast and brew coffee. If I haven’t covered it, their shipping has been outstanding, including the price that’s charged for this service. More often than not i buy 20 pound lots of coffee at a time and shipping usually for 20 and more pounds for $12, certainly no higher than $15 and I need to mention I live in Florida, about 2000 + miles one way. I also want to mention the excellent reviews of all the coffees SM’s offers. It’s quite a feat for the staff, including Thompson for them to be able to convey in a few paragraphs literally all that is needed to know in order to make an intelligent choice when choosing which coffee to select yet their reviews on tasting and all of the other variables you need to know, are written in a concise & easily read manner. If you’re for a place to buy green or roasted coffee, look no further
Service: 5
My partner has been ordering online for a decade +. It's the only coffee we drink! Every morning we have a freshly home-roasted small-farm coffee. We've sipped our way through wildly diverse regions and every coffee country in our lovely world ?. India Monsoon is my personal fave. ?All of our interactions with our sweet Maria have been awesome, professional and speedy. These folks are the real deal: as passionate about sourcing beans from small local farms that are unique and sustainable as we are about drinking them and supporting our world communities. Can't get more direct fair trade!We're planning a trip up to Oak from Santa Cruz just to visit our coffee mecca in their new(ish) digs. (I'll update my review with impressions of (un)ground coffee zero.)Thanks Sweet Maria's for a decade of delicious and stimulating mornings and see you soon! ?
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roasted Beans
Highly recommend for online ordering! Fast shipping, great packaging, responsive email communication. Thank you!!
nice store. easy to find what you want. in other words it i very tidy and not cluttered.
Our visit was back in March. My brother went through a home roasting phase and recommended them. Cool place! We were so thrilled to find filters for the Chemex 3 cup!
I finally got to visit. It's something we've always wanted to do. Three gentlemen are seated at two desks. Two were preoccupied, and the third assisted us. I wished they were more knowledgable about coffee, but they either didn't want to talk about it or were simply uninformed. Regardless, we're delighted we came in and will continue to order online.
Ordering online is a snap but just remember you can only pick up Tuesday to Thursday. I also dropped by once and it took 5-10 minutes as you still ordered online and then the sales staff took the order number and brought the beans to you soon.
The staff was very helpful and friendly. Clean bathroom that’s worth calling out. We went there to pick up a coffee bag we ordered online. At the store they offered us a free bag and answered our questions.Will definitely go back
If you are into or interested in roasting your own coffee, Sweet Maria is a genuine mecca... Lots of great coffee accessories too!
Great selection very fast shipping secure packaging and nice people
Restaurantji Recommends
What's not to love about Sweet Maria's? They are a source for quality education on all coffee-related matters. I've roasted coffee for about 5 years and SM was my go-to place for learning how to roast and the characteristics of different beans.
Nice coffee place! The employees are awesome too!.. especially ms Caren J. She was super helpful and an excellent addition to the team
Great choice for green coffee beans from all over the coffee growing regions of the world. You will be roasting what you buy. Roast your own, only way to enjoy the best cup of coffee.
Julio Nungaray helped us on troubleshooting with the roaster we bought (Aillio Bullet) he also shows us how to operate the machine as a plus. He has been sending phone text to see of everything is ok. Any Company should have a Julio Nungaray with them. Excellent Mechanic and coffee roaster!
I have ordered green coffee beans from Sweet Maria for MANY years and they are the BEST beans!!! and the BEST folks to work with, always answering my questions, giving advice!!