Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

[mattm]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

andy,
do you know if i can get a starter pack of beans already roasted? or would someone here be able to do this for me? am new to coffee and trying to find one i like so thought this might be a way to go to try some differnt coffee types.
any suggestions

mattm

[ramking]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Many thanks from another newbie.
I ordered the beans late Monday night and payed by direct deposit.
Received the precious cargo Friday morning.Only one major problem....
I have to go to work and cant play until tomorrow..bugger,bugger,bugger.

Thanks again to Andy and all who got Green Beans up up up and away.

Ken.

[xpress]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Gee, I dont even know i want one before i think i want one... i think...
Anyhoo, the Caxambu (the first roast/shot after 12hrs rest) a real treat - smooooth as. Now all i need is more!
muchos gracious, Andy.
pete

[andy]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

The brazil in your starter is  Brazil Caxambu.

The Colombian was Colombia Valle del Cauca Supremo.

The Sumatrian is the latest from the polls.

The India Mysore Nuggets was a Stater pack special, 20kg of a top grade Indian that is the pre-shipment of the current crop.

The starter will nearly always contain the latest beans from the polls, sometimes they will contain an "exclusive" bean that we could only get in small quantity (too small to poll).

They are a truely "random" selection of 4 beans as stated... depending on how many packs were made that month.  

Please also note that they ALWAYS freighted the day (or the day after) your payment hits OUR bank account. To be posted any faster would require us to know you want one before you know you want one! ;-)

Enjoy your roasting.

A.

[xpress]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Hi Mal,
I checked out the "knockbox"
So is the Brazil is the " Brazil Cerrado Bold (Sun Dried) $7.20/kg*" from the May Poll, and the Colombian is the "Colombia Valle del Cauca Supremo - $10/kg*" from the June Poll - as these are the latest that are mentioned?
Sorry, im a bit slow. To me its a bit confusing.
(Beanbay had the Brazil Caxambu and Cerrado. I thought maybe the Starter Pack might have come from here.)
tia
pete

[Dimal]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

BTW: Does anyone know what the "Brazil and Colombian beans are in the current (August) starter pack?
pete

Gday Pete,

If you head on over to the "Knock Box" here... http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?board=KnockBox, youll find all the original notes for beans that have been polled in the past, including the most recent poll.

Cheers mate,
Mal.

[xpress]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

BTW: Does anyone know what the "Brazil and Colombian beans are in the current (August) starter pack?
pete

[xpress]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Further to my earlier post (this am)... the beans arrived in this mornings post (that would be right, hey!).
Can confirm current stater pack contains: India Mysore Nuggets, Brazil (no other details), Colombian (no other details), Sumatran Manheling.
pete

[xpress]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Hi
Im a newbie to CS so appologies for posting this, but apparently i have to send one post before i can send a pm. (I need to send one to Andy re the starter pack). Anyhow, I hope to post more in the relevant areas. But Im keen on getting those greenies asap as Im out of beans at the moment!
pete

[jaxxx]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Cant wait to get into it! What are the beans in the starters pack at present? (keen to do some homework before they arrive....sad or what?!)

[Javaphile]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Just as long as its not a plumbers crack! ;D

Java "Hitches his pants up" phile

[asqui]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Ahh yes Mal,

Its easy to get hooked on roasting -- They dont call it first and second "crack" for nothing ;-)

[Dimal]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Ahhh,

Thats what I like to see, one hooked and one pecking at the bait..... not long nowww, he-he ;D,

Mal.

[Viviane]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

The argument would be that roasting your own coffee isnt an obsession. A: It allows you to make your wife the best cup of coffee you can, and B: Itll save money (which you can use to either buy your wife a present or upgrade the sunbeam). Seriously, it costs around $20 for a popcorn popper, $30 for a starter pack of 2.4kg of green beans. There is a lot of advice and help available in these forums, and it is very cool to drink coffee that you roasted yourself. I only did my first batch last night, and Im hooked.....

Give it a go

[simonty]

Re: Starter Packs for newbie roasters.

Home roasting? Starter packs? You guys are cruel. My wife will kill me if I get any more obsessed. She doesnt complain when I make her a coffe every day, though. Ill have to read a bit more about this.....