Best Of Tucson®

Best Local Coffee Roaster

Raging Sage

What opens those bleary, bloodshot, martini hung-over eyes and makes everybody work at the top of their game? Only one thing, Mister Ad Man: It's caffeine, America's favorite drug. And at Raging Sage, caffeine-packed coffee beans are roasted right on the premises, after being imported from exotic locales around the world. Freshly brewed coffee is the gateway to peak performance in the competitive workplace. You can always persuade the new guy or girl—you know, the one whom everyone is anxious to work overtime with—to make a fresh pot of the Monsoon Blend.

Runners up:

2. Caffe Luce

943 E. University Blvd., No. 191

207-5504; caffeluce.com

3. Arbuckle Coffee Roasters

3550 E. Corporate Drive

790-5282; www.arbucklecoffee.com