Originally posted by rviddz86
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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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