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Green Coffee Buying Club - GCBC => Available Green Coffee Offerings => Topic started by: Ascholten on February 25, 2020, 12:25:16 PM
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Hello everyone:
I have been asked several times if I had a cheaper bean that can be used to break in, or cure, or clean out a roaster with.
I DO have my Robusta, which is reasonably priced but have been told on more than one occasion that it is recommended that ones does NOT use Robusta to break in a roaster.
With that, I did some searching and believe I found a good candidate.
I have a Brazilian here that is very reasonably priced, in fact I can sell it at the same price range of the Robusta, and it will do very well for your break in beans.
Why would you need to run some batches of cheap beans thru a roaster:
1. New Roaster, need to break it in, season it
2. You want to experiment and don't want to kill a 5 dollar a pound coffee doing so. This would also work for rough dialing in a grinder too, or playing with espresso trying to learn the techniques, or troubleshoot issues.
3. You burned the crap out of a batch, (Ive done this on my Behmor a number of times), now need to run a few batches thru to get the burnt smell out of the thing which would also flavor the next batch of coffee too. (go ahead, ask me how I know this :o )
I was looking for cheap, and unfortunately, there really are no 50 cent a pound beans, unless you want to buy them by the Ton, literally, and the ones I seen in the warehouse were from year 2015. I honestly can't see how putting garbage thru your roaster would make it any better than the garbage you took out when you burned it up!! I could not see how this would be helpful in any way, especially having to buy 2200 lbs of it in a super bag. Would YOU want to roast up a bunch of Mildewy, Moldy beans and leave that residue for your next good batch?
Now. This Brazillian, actually is not that bad of a bean. I did roast up some, to make sure it didn't funk out anything, and it is not bad flavor wise. It's light years ahead of Big Blue or Big Red, but still, nowhere NEAR the quality we expect for our normal sales here. Just like my Robusta is a cleaner, smoother cup, and not horrible mud like some other Robusta's are, this one is also a cleaner, smoother cup of coffee however UNLIKE the Robusta, which brings Caffeine to the table, which is why I got it, this one brings really nothing much to the drinking table when compared to the regular coffee's we do sell for drinking.
There are no cupping notes. Royal listed Chocolate, Creamy, and Walnut, but this coffee barely just barely would qualify for being called specialty coffee. It's absolutely safe to drink of course, but not the quality we expect so is not being sold as a drinker. It's got some Chocolate flavors in it but that's about all, is very one dimensional.
With this, I will only sell it 5 lbs MAX per order. Again, Im not selling it for your drinking pleasure, Im selling it to clean your rig out or break it in, or play mad scientist with. If you want to drink it though, or give it to the mother in law, well here you have it!
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If you wish to order some coffee Please FOLLOW DIRECTIONS to order
The Pay Pal e-mail to send the money to is: aaronscholten@comcast.net if you want to do it manually. Otherwise click the links below to be taken directly to pay pal with the numbers filled in for you.
Prices:
Coffee 2.55 Lb
I have also been asked, Can I just get only a half pound, I have a small roaster and only need one run thru. Yes you can.
A half a pound will be $1.55.. simply add $1.55 to whatever your total comes to and I will throw in the half pound of GCC Beans to your order
A full pound of will be $2.55.. simply add $2.55 to whatever your total comes to and I will throw in the full pound of GCC to your order
and if you want a full 5 Lbs to have it on hand for periodical cleaning runs or tinkering with toys:
5 Lb = $22.95 I want 5 Pounds (https://www.paypal.me/AaronGCBC/22.95)
Thank you
Aaron
55 Lb Left
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Just paid for 5 lbs. Thank you.
100-5 = 95
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Hello! Just got a new behmor and need to test it out. I would like to order 5lbs, is it still available?
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yes alex it is still available, I have plenty of this coffee and will generally keep it in stock.
Aaron
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Thank you Aaron. Paid for 5lbs just now.
95-5=90 left
Cheers,
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Thanks Aaron. Just paid for 5 lbs.
85 lbs left
Jim
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5lbs and paypal sent, thanks.
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For those who have used this to clean their pot or roaster, let us know how well it worked for you :D
Also for those who drank it (cough cough, emergency stash only of course!! ) Let us know what you think of that!
Thanks
Aaron
90 LB Left
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5 # please payment sent thank you
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Hello all,
Ive been using the 5lb general purpose to break in my shiny new Behmor 1600 plus.
I didnt want to compromise good beans in newbie hands, so i did some research and took some notes to get used to the beast.
Its a great coffee to go "mad scientist" and to experiment different kinds of profiles. I can still measure some of the roasting qualities, but due to inconsistency of green bean, these done at a light roast setting can be very inconsistent. I get more consistency out of medium roast, but if i leave it on darker side some beans will scorch.
Not recommended for coffee snobs, but at medium roast its the same as regular coffee commonly found anywhere. I gave some to family members who were interested. I did, but not wihtout a warning that its not up to standards.
Might order again to fool around with the profiles. Now that i have time at home, its quite fun to do so.
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Hello Alex. Most any bean going light with, can be touchy, especially in the Behmor since it does not actually stop roasting when you press the stop button, but because of the way it cools, can actually roast for another minute or so afterwards, which is why if you decide to go second crack with your B' you need to be VERY careful and actually stop it a bit before you anticipate you want it to stop at or you'll end up with very dark and oily beans.
Medium is a good roast for these beans and yes, they will easily stand up to and beat Big Blue or Big Red any day, but as you said, are not up to our standards of perfection, which is why I sell them as a utility bean, or a, oh great, she's making me roast for the mother in law bean, and not a Hey I want to impress my friends bean. :)
Darker roast, with any bean, again, be careful on the Behmor. By scorch, what exactly do you mean? are they tipping or just getting very black and oily? If it's black and oily, that's characteristic of the Behmor going into second crack unless you stop it right at the threshold of getting there. What I would recommend is go a lot by smell as well, you can smell like an acrid precursor, and see a bit of smoke right as it's approaching second crack, try to stop there if you can.
Yes, this is a good bean to experiment with, so you are not tanking 6 dollar a pound beans, yet at the same time, can still drink or give them away without having to hold your head in shame :angel: 8)
Aaron
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Thanks Aaron,
what I meant by scorched were those pesky beans that get stuck in drum. First few roasts that i tried to go medium dark, they were a few beans stuck on blades of drum and they were totally scorched/burned. I dont know what the right term is, but i know they would not be any good in a brew.
This experience is eye opening, I am a managaer for a coffee shop, been a barista for a while now. I know how to brew and make roasted coffee taste good at this point.
But roasting? what an animal this is. I thought I had an idea, boy was i wrong.
Anyhow, this is much more fun than i expected, and i am going a little nuts and collecting whatever data available i can. This GP bean has helped greatly to not cry over spilled beans, if you catch my drift.
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The best part is, they ARE drinkable too if you don't destroy them.
the beans stuck in the drum, yep the Behmor does that with pretty much any bean, you will always get a few that go head first into the grates and get lodged there. Do yourself a favor and when you roast, before you load / reload the drum, press those beans out with your finger and dump them before roasting again. Burning beans can give an icky smoke flavor to the batch. This is not really a flaw of the Behmor that this happens, I mean, it's a screen with holes, some beans are going to get caught halfway thru and burn, it'd happen with any setup like that.
Roasting is like riding a bike, you can watch all the videos you want on it, but until you get the hang of actually doing it, it's going to be difficult. but once you do master it, it's much easier. It's not really hard to learn either, just that bit of time until you do.
One thing to keep in mind is, the most important thing is, you can learn the general's of roasting but learning YOUR machine is the most critical. Listen to what others have to say, but my numbers and techniques that I may do on my Artisan 6 as an example, will NOT cross over to your Behmor, they are just two totally different beasts, and my data or any roasting data that is not yours really, is just a general guideline. Even if you talk to other Behmor users, they can give you guidelines, but you need to know YOUR setup and idiosyncrasies. Once you master that you are golden.
Yes it is very fun, I never get tired of roasting coffee. Each batch is a new challenge to try to conquer. I always tell people, purposely burn a batch, that way you KNOW where your crossover point is on your machine, you learn the signs and the smells that you are getting ready to screw up. On the Behmor tho, that's a horrible mess, I've burned plenty of batch on mine when I used to roast with it, and you will need a few empty / cleaning runs to get that smell and flavor out of the thing afterwards. For the most part, once you hit second crack in the Behmor, if you let it go much longer than say 30 to 45 seconds into second crack, you are really inviting disaster. Again, with that machine, it continues to cook after you hit the cool for a bit, and second crack rather quickly turns exothermic and can torch beans real easy. On a plus side though, I can not vouch anymore for the newer ones they have out, but the original Behmor's were built like a tank and could easily take the abuse of a fried batch or three. One thing to remember about a Behmor fire, sometimes its best to walk the entire thing outside and let it cool down. If you open it up and try to remove the tray and drum and walk that outside solo, you could trail a stream of flaming embers behind you, which depending on if you have carpeting etc might not be good.
Aaron
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Built a new roaster based off Larry Cottons's heat gun/flour sifter. Time to roast some coffee!
Costa Rica La Rosa: 8#
PNG Timuza: 3#
Brazil GUC: 3#
Decaf Columbia: 1# (Never done decaf before. But, friends.)
Cross-posted in each forum and paid via PP, $78.15.
Thank you. This whole forum...amazing.
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friarchambers thank you for the compliments.
On the Decaf. Because of the way it is processed.
1. The color is off, it's already 'dark' before you even roast it
2. It will not produce much chaff generally, so if you have a roaster that relies on chaff collecting to control airflow, like an old I roast for example, that will throw it off it's game. Drum roasting this is not an issue
3. Crack tends to be very quiet with Decaf's, so can be easily missed and you find yourself into second crack pretty fast if you are not careful. You realize this when there is a LOT of smoke from your roaster :) Pay attention to roast times, and smells are still a good indicator too, you will still get that acrid waft before reaching second in earnest.
4. Friends who drink decaf. While we love to brag on how fresh our coffee is, the decaf can find itself sitting on a shelf for a month or three, waiting for that 'one guy' who drinks it to show up. :angel: I find that it does not I guess I should say, over age, like some regular coffee's can and still taste pretty good for what it is, even some months after being roasted. My point being, don't throw it away because it's a few months old, besides, it's decaf, what do they expect ? >:D
5. Another option, sometimes people don't want decaf, but don't want full throttle. I have one customer who I blend the decaf with his regular coffee 60 / 40 to take it down a notch but still give a little tingle and a lot of flavor. So you 'can' blend it in if you don't want it sitting around months, (and if I ever end up in a court room and am questioned about saying this, I'll deny it till I die! ;D )
Enjoy and feel free to post and let us know how your roaster is working out for you.
Aaron
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Hello everyone.
ALL orders are in the mail and on their way to you.
Thank you
Aaron
70 Lb Left
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Just ordered 5lbs
Thanks
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Just payed for 5lbs... thanks Aaron.
just upgraded to a Quest M3s and these will be great for tuning my technique :)
jim
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Hello Jim:
Your order is going out in today's mail.
Yes these beans will do perfect for curing your new drum. They are also drinkable too so you won't have to throw em away afterwards. If you don't like them, there are always those relatives you don't like who you can give coffee too >:D
Aaron
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All orders are on their way to you.
As an experiment I mixed this coffee 50 / 50 with Robusta, to see if I can get something with a nice kick but without the ugh of straight up Robusta. They loved it, go figure. It's amazing sometimes that people spend their entire lives drinking sludge, and when you introduce them to real coffee, they say, Nope, I want my sludge. :-\
Now I know what to do next time I'm in one of those situations where you have to be somewhere and an 'obligatory' gift is expected heh. >:D
Aaron
65 Lb Left
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ordered and paid thru paypal for 5lbs of this coffee
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First off, there are some issues with the post office and a few of my past orders. They ARE on their way, and I apologize for the delay.
Right now, everything to this point is shipped or on it's way out TODAY.
A few people have issues with their orders, please check your e mails and DM's.
Thank you
Aaron
45 Lb Left
Note: This is a running offer, when this bag is gone, Ill source the next 'low price but drinkable' bean I can find, typically a Brazil.
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5# for me please
Paid... PayPal
Thanks
Mick
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hey Aaron, I'd like to get more than 5# of this. Can you pm me about it?
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scarecrow, just now seen this message, sorry for the late reply, but did send a dm back.
ALL orders have been shipped.
Thank you very much everyone.
This is one bean, along with the Robusta that will be kept on a continual basis, since it's not one single cupped bean, but more a Type of bean, so if the numbers are low you can order anyways on this one because I just get another sack when needed.
30 Lb left
Aaron
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Hello everyone:
ALL orders are now shipped.
20 Lb left.
Thank you
Aaron
... I will be getting another bag of Gen Utility Coffee here. This is really,just a lower grade of Specialty Coffee, which is what they call the stuff we all like. I typically am not pushing it mainstream like the other coffee's because, well, it IS lower grade, and not something Id be especially proud of and putting my name and rep behind, it's a general filler coffee. The Blue and Red crowd love it, it's light years beyond that stuff they drink, but people in our general group, would definitely say, Meehhh.
There are two Brazil's available now at this price / quality range. Im going to cup them both and the lesser of the two evils will be the next bag I get to replace this one once it's gone. I will post it as a new listing since it is NOT this one so I can not sell it as this one.
Again, not bad at all, just not... wow, which is our baseline 8)
Aaron
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I'll take 5# of this please to help with the new roaster. PP sent! :-X
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Ordered 5 Lbs today... need a cheap bean to experiment with profiles on a newly acquired Fresh Roast SR700 and SR800.
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Welcome K7 to the GCBC.
The beans are very reasonable BUT also very drinkable too. No it's not the gourmet for lack of a less snobby word to describe what we normally offer, but it IS still very drinkable, much better than Big Bloo or Red
If you have any questions about anything please feel free to ask away!
I have a new bag of this so there is plenty to go around
Aaron
100 Lb Left
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ALL orders shipped.
Thank you
Aaron
100 LbLeft
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This coffee is back on sale.
I have 100 Lbs left
Thank you for your patience.
Aaron
Let me add a use note here as I did with the Robusta.
THis coffee is NOT horrible, it's just one dimensional. We typically sell 'specialty coffee's' here. This one barely makes that grade, it's got a nice nutty flavor with some cocoa in it, but that's about it. So yes it's very doable. This one also will last quite a while too, so in other words, if it sits for a month or three, it won't really harm it much.
One of my best sellers in my 'Utility Coffee' blends, is a Robusta and this at a 50 / 50 blend. Let the Robusta rest a few weeks, then blend with this at about 4 days and you got a decent breakfast blend that WILL wake your nappy ass up!!! For those commercial roasters out there, in bulk you can compete with big red or blue too if you must pricewise.
Even given what it is, this stuff and the blend is still light years ahead of the other stuff, mainly because WE don't burn the crap out of it.
Aaron
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Hello everyone:
ALL ORDERS up to this point have been shipped, or set aside waiting further instructions / information to send them out.
As of now I have 4 packages that are stuck somewhere in the postal system, waiting for ... something to happen with them. Hopefully they get to where they belong soon. I am sorry for those who have to wait, however once it leaves my hands, im at their mercy like everyone else is. The only thing I can suggest is to just keep an eye on the tracking, if it gets to be 2 to 3 weeks with no movement then we file a lost package claim and see what happens.
I want to thank everyone for their patience both while I recovered from my computer crash and had to piece this 'world' back together, and in dealing with the post office's slow and slower service as the holidays descend upon us.
If you have any other issues concerning coffee, please DM me. I am pretty sure I got all my first put out but you just never know...
Thank you
Aaron
100 Lb of this one left.
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Hello everyone:
ALL orders up to noon my time today have been shipped, mailman picked them up and they are on their way.
Thank you very much for your patience and unfortunately I am seeing many instances of packages being late, misdirected and/or tracking being totally wrong or just not there.
With this in mind, if your packages do not make it to you by friday of next week, please let me know and we can start seeing what we can find out about them.
Thank you
Aaron
100 Lbs Left
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5# please. PayPal sent.
100-5=95 left.
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ALL orders to this point are on their way out to you.
Unfortunately there are STILL packages from the Dec 8th mailing that are still inn the USPS system NOT delivered.
I am doing what I can to get them to you but honestly, there is pretty much nothing more besides call and complain I can do at this point.
I am researching different options. UPS is coming to mind, I am going to be calling, setting up a corporate account with them and see what options I have for shipping that keeps the prices down for you, and gives you a choice of who to use.
While there are no promises at this point, I am researching.
Thank you
Aaron
95 Lb Left
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Hello everyone.
ALL orders have been shipped.
85 Lbs left of this one
Thank you
Aaron
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All orders are out.
For those craving a Brazil, this is not horrible to drink, not super duper wow i need a truck load but not bad for what it is either.
I will have more Brazil coming in here shortly.
Aaron
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ALL orders are bagged and out to this point.
Thank you everyone for your support.
Aaron
80 Lb Left
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Hello everyone:
ALL orders are on their way to you at this point.
I believe ALL questions or requests have been replied to as well, if not please re ask.
Thank you for your support.
Aaron
70 Lb Left
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ALL orders are out that did not have any issues.
Thank you everyone for your patience
60 Lb left
Aaron
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Paypal sent for 2# along with 13# ACAFEG
Thanks, Hank
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Hello everyone:
ALL orders that have been paid, have been shipped.
50 Lb left of this one
Thank you very much for your support!
Aaron
For those of you who are ordering and using this, please let us know what you think of it.
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Hello everyone:
Still plenty of this left. it's 'average' coffee compared to what we normally drink.
It's till light years ahead of any garbage you buy in bloo or red plastic contayuhners but would be at the very low end of what we would consider acceptable.
Given this, it is marketed as a general purpose / utility coffee. You know, when you GOT to put up coffee for someone or something you don't particulary care for. This does the trick.
Aaron
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ALL orders are processed up to this point and ARE shipped.
I believe all e mails and DM's / questions have been answered as well.
If not PLEASE DM me in the forum here and I will get back to you.
Thank you everyone for your patience.
Aaron
60 Lbs Left
This is a great General Brazillian coffee that has nice Chocolaty notes, is good for cold brews and as a 'fill' for Espresso Blends and the likes or when you want / been volunTOLD to provide coffee for functions you don't necessarily want to give away your high dollar beans at :D
The Blue and Red crowd LOVE this coffee, and it's a good stepping stone to wean them into real coffee that has not been incinerated.
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Hi Aaron 5lbs Brazil please. PP sent
Mev805
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5 pounds for me getting a new 1 kg roaster!!! PayPal sent
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Oh congrats on the new roaster !! If you don't incinerate it too badly this coffee still is quite drinkable too! So don't be too quick to compost it :)
Let us know how the roaster works for you, if you want put some pics of it up and primp your setup~
Aaron
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5 pounds
Thanks
Paid
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All orders out
thank you
Aaron
60 Lb Left
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Hi Aaron,
5# please. Payment has been sent.
Thanks!
Karl
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All orders out
50 Lb Left
thank you
Aaron
I just tried some of this cold brewed. It was pretty darned good !!
I generally don't cold brew coffee, just not my thing but was told how good this was, so tried it. Nice chocolate in it, I was rather surprised.
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I'd like 5#. Experiments with koji on the horizon. Wanna see if I can make koji transform a meh coffee into a fruit bomb with some regularity. I think I've sent PP, but they're complaining and making me change my password and add a PIN to my account and aren't providing any confirmation of the send money operation I ordered them to do... so if there'e no dough on the horizon, let me know here.
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5lbs ordered brazil utility
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Hello everyone.
ALL orders processed.
if there are any issues / any unanswered questions e mails etc.
PLEASE DM me!
Thank you
55 Lb Left
Remember, THIS is an ongoing distribution, there will ALWAYS be Brazil General Available
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5 pounds for me getting a new 0.5 kg roaster! PayPal sent
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5 pounds for me getting a new 0.5 kg roaster! PayPal sent
Congrats mikkey12601 and welcome! Which roaster?
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After spending an eternity debating options, I decided to take advantage of this 40-year low in British pound and ordered a Cormorant CR 600. Johan is down to a 4-6 weeks wait, and its essentially 20% off from a year ago with the exchange rate. I have never drum-roasted before so I could definitely use a fair number of beans to massacre as I figure it out :D
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Fun machine!! I use a Huky which isn't at all the same, but isn't completely different either. I suspect you'll get acceptable roasts way sooner than you think. Enjoy the ride and again, welcome.
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Veronaj would like:
5lb Rwanda Peaberry
5lb Burundi Tongwi
2lb Honduras Royal Reserve
2lb Columbia Anerobic Huila
1lb Kenya AA
5lb Brazil General Utility
PayPal sent, cross posting
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hello everyone.
I have 50 lbs of this coffee left.
This makes a great coffee for 'general use'
your church group asks you to 'donate coffee', the lions club, the USO, your metal detecting club etc. Whenever you are asked to provide some coffee and you don't want to be throwing 20 dollar a pound prime coffee out there, this works great. Taste a TON better than Big RGB does and is very resonably priced.
With the holidays coming on and all the get togethers that will come with it, might be a good idea to have some of this on hand to give out
50 Lbs left
Aaron
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10# of El Salvador Bourbon
3# of Guatemala Los Volcanes
2# of Brazil GUC
Please and thank you! Will cross-post and await confirmation before paypal.
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Sent PP for 5# Brazil GUC
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50 Lb left as of 2.16.23
thank you
Aaron
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Howdy Arron,
Trying to find your eMail address to confirm order/shipping format I enter into PayPal is correct.
Please reserve 5 lbs.
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Otieno
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Hello Otieno, every offering has my e mail in it for ordering.
orders@greencoffeebuyingclub.com
is the pay pal address you can send orders to and Ill get them and process them.
Thank you and Welcome to GCBC !!
Aaron
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Thank-you Aaron.
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Otieno
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Paid for 5 lbs
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55-5=50
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Received it today, 20 APR 2023.
Thank-you Aaron
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Otieno
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You re very welcome.
Even though this is a general utility as I call it. It IS still considered specialty grade coffee, just towards the lower end.
This means that there may not be a lot of complexities in it, it has a very strong trait, but maybe just that one trait. It's good coffee, MUCH better than any big blue red or green you will buy, just not super wow, OMG, this stuff is crazy good, like some of the other stuff you'll see here, like some of the higher end ones Brian is selling right now.
Aaron
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One of the good things about this coffee is, it's cheap.
If you need to season a drum, you are using a good coffee, so not putting burnt inner tube robusta delicacies into it :D
If you are just learning how to roast, if you do even mediocre ok, you still got a very good tasting drinkable coffee.
if you totally pooch the roast and hit 3rd crack, well it's only a few bucks / lb .vs. 5 or 6 / lb you threw into the compost bin :D
If you have any questions please feel free to ask in the forums. We have literally centuries of knowledge lurking here, just waiting for someone to ask us something !! Also please share your techniques and results, we ALL love hearing how other's stuff is working out for them !
Aaron
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Hello everyone.
ALL orders that do not have problems are out on their way.
Thank you !
Aaron
50 Lb left
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Ding, still got plenty of this left. it still tastes really good. i just roasted a 5 lb batch and it's still go the chocolate to it!
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I will take 5 lb, just got a new roaster so exactly what I need right now. Paypal on the way
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Hello Aaron:
I just sent money for
5# Brazil utility, $12.75
5# Peru - Las Damas $25.75
10# PNG Nebilyer Valley $48.50
shipping $22 = total $113.00
Thanks a lot Aaron
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all orders are shipped with one exception.
thankyou
Aaron
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5# please, PP sent
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#5 Brazilian
#5 Sumatra
#5 Ethiopian Durato Bombe
#5 DR Congo
PayPal sent and I'll cross post.
Thank you so much!!!