BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

[Flyeroz]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

Thanks Andy for another great Bean Bay!
Thank you Di for organizing local pick up.
It was great to meet few local coffee snobs too.

Cheers

Arek

[Banjo]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

yes it was a rainy get together in a carpark where the shipment was split

thanks to Andy once again and a big thankyou to Di for organising a local pick up

Di, im so sorry, i didnt check this thread this morning and see your SOS for some brown beans

Darren

[Coffee2Di4]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

Absolutely no problems at all - it was well worth it just to meet everyone and, I have to admit, it was fun sorting out everyones orders into the bags and boxes: the house smells like green beans, cocoa and tea now!

Thanks to Flyeroz for the beans, and to Banjo for the beans to come (sadly, after having been coffee machine-less for a couple of days, Ive made up for lost time and had one coffee after another since getting home at 2.00pm! I have to learn to pace myself more!

Looking forward to doing it again in January, guys...

[Coffee2Di4]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

Oh, quick funny aside, also...

So, there we were, a group of strange people of varying ages in the carpark parked outside of the Red Rooster, within about 200m of a fairly large Police Station, handing out big bags of South American goods. Hubby reckoned we were just asking for it!

;D

[Andy]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008


You couldnt look dodgier than this bloke <------
dealing out of a van in an industrial estate in Abbotsford.

Winter time in a full-length black coat is even worse!


I think we get away with it because so many police are coffeesnobs too.

[acoggins]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

Funny you should mention dodgey Andy, as I drove away this morning with my beans in hand, I thought how easy it would be to have the special bags at the back with something other than coffee in it. such a perfect cover.

Of course, we all know the good stuff sold out in minutes and was all perfectly legal.

[alc]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

I told my partner the same thing when I got home ... anyone driving up Bond St would have wondered what was going on ... A mixed bunch of people queing up to grap a bag of stuff from the back of a van

Still, the vans paint job and being next to the big yellow Veneziano sign should put things into context for the rubber-necking passers by

[Sammus]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

You should print big dollar signs on the bags - my gf joked Id just come home from a bank heist haha

And cheers Di, it was very nice of you to call me and organize that pickup just after the bean arrival, it worked out well, despite me not planning my ordering and travels very well this week. Hopefully I get to meet everyone else next time

[doryanthes]

Re: BeanBay GREEN sale - TUES 18th Nov 2008

Great to meet some local coffeesnobs, sharing the love... and to see the faces on the people in red rooster as various vans, 4wds and colourful characters emerged to discuss secret business behind the open boot of the supplier!Thanks again Di, we all owe you one, thanks Andy for some great products, and I have to admit I got 11 popper batches roasted last night between the lightning and thunder, so there are Mexican, Brazilian and el Salvador degassing happily in the cupboard, with a few Mexicans falling victim to the grinder for an early test Cheers all, Gaz ;D