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  • #16
    Originally posted by rviddz86 View Post
    Byron Bay coffee company, I think they sell roasted only, but do it daily. Maybe have a chat with them
    I think you'll find that 99% of what they sell roasted is imported. You'd have to ask them about green bean.

    The reason you can't source quality Australian sub-tropical green bean is that it all gets roasted. I've got orders for twenty seven kilos from repeat customers all over Australia (including two cafes) waiting to be roasted in the morning - I roast weekly - so it can't be all that bad. And yes I know MacDonalds sell a million burgers a minute but no one buys them online and waits for them.

    I'm only a small player - 4000 trees which I pulled a tonne of parchment off last year and roast 50 kilos - all locally grown - a week - sourcing quality green bean is difficult for me and I'm in the thick of it.

    Also you will find that coffee grown in FNQ uses pesticides - here on the Northern Rivers we are sub-tropical and grow organically by default - IF you use organic fertiliser.

    And our coffee is not fumigated on entry into Australia - if anyone can elaborate on the use of Methyl Bromide by Quarantine on coffee imported into Australia I'd be interested.

    Anyway ASTCA would be a good start - a friendly, helpful group of people.

    Only took me two years to post - trying to insert a smiley here but damn :-)

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    • #17
      I like the idea of Australian grown coffee.

      A couple of times I have bought Mountain Tops Estate (Ray’s Special) from Andy. I mainly live on Andy's Ethiopian and PNG beans and others.

      I have recently bought green beans from Ashtons Australian Coffee, near Byron Bay Northern NSW. They are a small producer harvesting only about 3 tonnes a year from their 4,000 arabica trees.

      They sell green and roasted beans from their website with high quality at reasonable prices.

      Barry

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      • #18
        I did order my green many years ago direct from skybury, in this days I take it from an wholesaler in germany. as far as I know, there have also roasted coffee.

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        • #19
          The pick of the Aussie crop is Mount Tamborine Coffee Plantation without a doubt.Grown Bio Organically,handpicked,sundried but only available roasted.[unless you know Kees personally,or catch him on a good day].
          They recently gained recognition from the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe who classed it as a "world class coffee suitable for the connoisseur".
          The fact that Kees manages to get over 2 tons of parchment off his 1000 trees is testament to his dedication to the industry.Worth noteing also is Kees' new project, the East Australia Coffee Company.It involves several australian growers using Kees' growing techniques and then blended and roasted by him.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by elbeano View Post
            The pick of the Aussie crop is Mount Tamborine Coffee Plantation without a doubt.
            Agree with this, having recently roasted up a batch of his latest crop due to a lucky circumstance. Unfortunately its not, as mentioned above, commercially available, high labour costs and it all being required for his own requirements. If it was sold it would also be way too expensive vs imported beans. But Kees is fantastically enthusiastic about what he does produce and his methods. MTCP is also for sale to allow Kees and family an opportunity to have a lifestyle change, so we may not have him around for long.

            Grahamk

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            • #21
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              • #22
                Originally posted by PhatBoy View Post
                fRaweeSDASEASAZr
                Couldn't have said it better myself!

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