In almost all instances, Speciality Coffee is stored and delivered as whole coffee beans. While roasteries and coffee shops will sometimes provide the option to grind them on your behalf, buying specialty coffee normally means that it will have to be ground before it is brewed.
Additionally, speciality coffee will have been grown by farmers with great care often at a high altitude. The beans will have come from a single origin, from the same crop, farmer, or region of a specific country. Unless specified these coffee beans will not have been mixed with others.