BeanBay - June

[speleomike]

Re: BeanBay - June

Hi all

By the way what was the total quantity in kgs of beans on offer when it started? I was telling my wife about how fast they went and I thought it looked like there about 100 kg of each bean type?

Mike

[fatboy_1999]

Re: BeanBay - June

PS:
Im happy to offer 1kg lots of green beans at normal price x 2.5

And if you are really lucky Andy will throw in an extra 1.5 Kg for FREE!!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

With revolutionary thinking like that... you could be in marketing!
;D

[tasadam]

Re: BeanBay - June

...The catch is none of the beans are named or detailed and only quantities are shown. So if you want to order 5kgs of bean #1 and 2.5kgs of bean #7 you can, but you wont know what youve got...

My thoughts on this - although it could be fun and all, someone that only wanted to buy say 2.5kgs and ended up with Robusta could be a bit disappointed, particularly if they werent into blending or had no other beans at the time...
So, for a selection of beans that are ok for cupping as is, then I agree with the idea in principle.

However, judging by the speed the last lot went, maybe there is no point ??
Ah the mystery aspect... So all the beans one might expect to find would be in the bay as usual, but perhaps a few arent named...
So long as there are no clues about "waiting for XYZ from AQIS" and the like, then it really would be a mystery if some of the Beanbay offerings were unlabelled.
As I say, just my thoughts.

One could take the idea further, one "special" mystery bean is on offer and initially available only as 2.5kg lots, then a large number of people get to try it. People could rate it, comment on its character etc, and even have a go at guessing what it might be. Andy might even make a prize offering for the most interesting / creative / accurate post on this special mystery bean, the prize value covered by a slight increase in the cost of the bags. Entries could be emailed to a special email address set up for the purpose and all comments could be put into a forum and made public once the "competition" is closed...
Not that I would be any good or anything, having only bought 1 starter pack and 1 peru last month. Could make us all look more closely at our process of analisys though - find out how each of us roasted them, what character/s we identified, where we think its from and why...
The ideas are rolling now...
Geez Andy, you could make that tricky with a blended offering......

[Andy]

Re: BeanBay - June


(tis drifting a little off topic fellas.)

While I can see the fun a Blind BeanBay I also think it has the potential to end in tears. So the best bet is next BeanBay buy a few varieties and then peel the sticker off yourself.


If you want to continue with the blind BeanBay concept please do it in a new thread.

...back on topic...

By the way what was the total quantity in kgs of beans on offer when it started? I was telling my wife about how fast they went and I thought it looked like there about 100 kg of each bean type?

Mike

Good guess. There was about 850kg all up on BeanBay. Some of the coffees come in 69kg bags and the others come in 60kg ones. We had ordered just over a tonne in total but as mentioned the PNG didnt make it.

[Andy]

Re: BeanBay - June


I just marked off all the bank payments against the order list so if your payment made it to the bank already then the status under "Previous Orders" in BeanBay should show it as paid.

Over the weekend as we pack the paid orders you will see the status change again.

...such a neat system BeanBay

[Flo]

Re: BeanBay - June

 So the best bet is next BeanBay buy a few varieties....

Sometimes this is easier said than done..

[Andy]

Re: BeanBay - June


ATTN: Those that missed out on Thursday BeanBay.

I roasted at the Snobbery today and bought beans back with me for BeanBay.

100kg in total

(if you bought beans on Thursday please leave these for others)

[Corretto]

Re: BeanBay - June


It doesnt look like anyone has grabbed the new beans Andy made available.

The levels have been the same all day


Belinda

[Dimal]

Re: BeanBay - June

Ahh, I wouldnt worry too much about that..... as soon as the word gets out to the members who missed out theyll go quick enough ,

Mal.

[Framey]

Re: BeanBay - June

Thanks Andy.

[Thundergod]

Re: BeanBay - June

Ahh, I wouldnt worry too much about that..... as soon as the word gets out to the members who missed out theyll go quick enough ,

Mal.

Too true.

Only 10kg remaining.

[tasadam]

Re: BeanBay - June

It doesnt look like anyone has grabbed the new beans Andy made available.  
The levels have been the same all day  
Belinda

Not quite... Im a very happy lad.  Secured my booty at about 9:45 this morning        :

[Andy]

Re: BeanBay - June


The first of the mini-BeanBay went at 1:44am (an hour after my post midnight post) and a dozen CSrs managed to grab some before they were all gone.

12 happier people I expect!

BeanBay green bean sales have now finished for the month. If the outstanding payments come in soon then most will freight Monday and Tuesday. The bulk shipments for the pickup points should ship wednesday or thursday to keep on schedule.

BeanBay Brown Beans are now restocked and we will try to have 5 different roast to order beans on offer at anytime during the month.

Enjoy!

[Cruiserman]

Re: BeanBay - June

I for one would like to say a Big thank you to Andy for all the hard work he puts in for us who sit generally anonymously behind our keyboards often whinging about the lack of beans or not getting what we wanted, or beans not being located conveniently for bulk pick up. Thanks M8

[muppet_man67]

Re: BeanBay - June

got my beans. Thanxs Andy