2009 is here, and it’s time to roll out some new coffees! First is our New Years Blend, which is a hearty full-bodied coffee great for starting your day. Our January 2009 special coffee flavors are: Chocolate Almond, Egg Nog, and French Toast. All flavors come in decaf as well.

We are reverting back to our standard pre-holiday telephone hours. 7:30AM – 5:00PM EST Monday- Friday. UPS has also reverted to their standard pre- holiday shipping schedules.

Its official: Our most popular coffees of 2008 were Italian Roast Espresso and Colombian Supremo. Smoked Coffee was our most successful new coffee.

Even though the Holiday Season is nearing its end, remember that we offer all of our gift baskets, samplers, gift cards, and gift boxes all year round.

Everyone at Coffee Bean Direct would like to thank all of our loyal customers for their support this year! We look forward to another year of being your coffee & tea company of choice!

We will be closed on Wednesday Dec 31 and Thrusday Jan 1 in observance of the New Year. Normal roasting & shipping will resume on Friday Jan 2. Happy New Year!

UPS will not be delivering most packages on Dec 31 or Jan 1. UPS Air shipments will still be delivering on Dec 31.

Even though the Holiday Season is nearing its end, remember that we offer all of our gift baskets, samplers, gift cards, and gift boxes all year round.

Reminder: If you wish to have UPS Ground shipments delivered before Christmas, we recommend you place them before December 16. After that, we recommend using Express Shipping to ensure delivery.

To accommodate Holiday order volume, we will be answering phone calls and taking call-in orders on Saturday, December 13 from 9AM-3PM EST.

Our Holiday 2008 Roaster’s Blend is now live, featuring light and dark Kenyan beans. In addition, all Holiday flavors are online.

To make things easy for coffee/tea gift-givers, we have a gift section on our main site.

Our Holiday 2008 Roaster’s Blend is now live, featuring light and dark Kenyan beans. In addition, all Holiday flavors are online. Due to their popularity, our Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup and Jamaican Me Groggy flavors are permanent additions to our lineup.

To make things easy for coffee/tea gift-givers, we have a gift section on our main site.

All 1 lb coffee bags and 5oz teas are now available in optional Holiday Gift Packs. Each coffee gift box contains a 1 pound bag of coffee, a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans, and a ceramic coffee mug. The tea boxes include a 5oz bag of tea, a box of t-sacs, and a mug. Simply select the “gift box” option at each 1lb coffee listing on our website. Tea boxes can be selected on all of our normal tea listings.

If you wish to have UPS Ground shipments delivered before Christmas, we recommend you place them before December 16. After that, we recommend using Express Shipping to ensure delivery.

From now until the end of 2008, we will be extending our phone hours to 6PM EST.

The Holiday 2008 season is almost here (some would say it started already). To make things easy for coffee/tea gift-givers, we have a gift section .

All 1 lb coffee bags and 5oz teas are now available in optional Holiday Gift Packs. Each coffee gift box contains a 1 pound bag of coffee, a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans, and a ceramic coffee mug. The tea boxes include a 5oz bag of tea, a box of t-sacs, and a mug. Simply select the “gift box” option at each 1lb coffee listing on our website. Tea boxes can be selected on all of our normal tea listings.

Our November 2008 Roaster’s Blend will be available until 11-30-08. It is a well-balanced light roast coffee.