OK so there is [https://www.tonya.co.jp/shop](https://www.tonya.co.jp/shop)
From what I can see they don’t understand what espresso is? I can’t find any beans beyond a medium roast and their espresso page is full of coffee powder?
Is there anywhere I can order dark roasted beans and for a reasonable price? I found one place last night but it was around 5000yen for 400grams… Nope.
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[Kaldi Coffee](https://www.kaldi.co.jp/ec/pro/disp/1/4515996015090)
On the site you mentioned, there is a page with a list of beans. If you select a bean, there is an option button where you can choose how dark you want the roast to be, and whether you want whole beans or ground (and also grind size).
[https://www.tonya.co.jp/shop/c/c1000](https://www.tonya.co.jp/shop/c/c1000)
Tonya doesn’t have only medium…
At Tonya you can select how much to roast, there’s 9 levels from unroasted to Italian (medium+130s), and 18 levels of how fine to grind (or get the beans as is).
They might have some prepacked stuff that comes as it is, but if you select the beans you can customize as you wish.
Espresso is type of coffee where you use an Espresso machine which uses high pressure to push water through very fine grinded coffee. The result is pretty dense oozy liquid which when properly stirred contains your concentrated espresso taste.
Now by judging your post you don’t have a proper grinder and machine too so that costs a lot
Now the answer: You can use any coffee for brewing espresso but ideally and for a good taste you typically buy beans which are 2weeks ish old from the date of roasting and not more than 5-6 weeks As when you roast the coffee the byproduct is Co2 which escapes the bean over time. Now when you buy a coffee from a supermarket or Starbucks they usually don’t have the date of roast that means they are months or year old, but the reason they can sell them is bc coffee is food safe for long amount of time but the taste advertised and aroma is already gone in to the air forever.
Personally supporting your local specialty coffee shop is a good way to buy typically good beans and prices are usually 1200-1500 for 200g. The problem is not the beans at all but rather brewing cause espresso is more of a deep hobby and not a recreational quick drink at home so brewing drip coffee is next best option in which you can afford to buy a hand grinder and a quick set up and any more details than this just go and ask your local barista.
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edit: sorry for being a THAT snob but for your sanity and taste bud
I buy Espresso roast at Costco. I don’t particularly like it, but it is super strong and husband likes it a lot.