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Re: Announcing... CoffeeSnobs Brown, the roastery.
Looks fantastic Andy, hope it all goes well.
Looking forward to some reviews!
Looks fantastic Andy, hope it all goes well.
Looking forward to some reviews!
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Re: Announcing... CoffeeSnobs Brown, the roastery.
WOW! Im blown away by this development. I think a few browns are a definite given the quality of the source beans.
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Yes wow! from me too. I wouldnt mind having one of those roasters in the house
It would look very nice hehe. Yes, ill just keep dreaming...
Sounds good with roasted beans from beanbay.Comment
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Re: Announcing... CoffeeSnobs Brown, the roastery.
Thanks all... yes, as you would expect Im more than a little excited too.
Brown Starter packs will be offered and CoffeeSnobs Brown beans will be available in 200gm, 500gm, 1kg and 3kg lots.
Unlike the green beans for home roasters, CoffeeSnobs Brown will be a commercial venture and will have pricing to suit.
This will allow us to continue to offer the same great green beans and with any luck at an even lower price in the future.
More details on the actual pricing later in the week but I can tell you that it will range from retail to wholesale depending on the size of the packaging so if you know a local cafe that could do with some great CS coffee let them know where to look next month.
;-)
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Fantastic idea, Andy, and a great, neat setup. Being able to buy freshly-roasted quality beans will be such a boon for many snobs without the facility to do it themselves.
An obvious and marvellous advancement to this ever-improving site.
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Gee, I dont come on here for a few days and all hell brealks loose - and I miss all the fun.
Congratulations Andy. Any chance you will be able to send roasted beans over to New Zealand. I would love to send some to my family in Blenheim.Comment
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Thanks Robusto. I thought it was obvious and marvellous too but the bank manager is still on the fence.
Now I just need to give him a shove.
Lucinda,
Im not sure. NZ has some very strict import laws and I know green beans looked "too hard" to export.
Worth following-up down the track though.
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Re: Announcing... CoffeeSnobs Brown, the roastery.
Hey Andy,
Following up on the NZ comment.
I recently took back some green beans for the old man who I sucked into home roasting.
There are two mechanisms of getting the beans in:
(1) You either require an import permit (I do not know how hard this is to get).
(2) Or they can be imported with an inspection at the point of entry.
As long as there is no biological activity - which would be unlikely given that AQIS would have approved them, then it is fine to take the beans in.
Sending roasted beans should be absolutely no drama.
Having said that, everything is easier to do when you are carrying the beans in person rather than via posting them. But I am sure that a phone call to customs in NZ could deal with many of these issues.
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Oh yeah, and I forgot to add that getting green beans in NZ isnt easy.
There is almost no internet product available from my searches.
And the local roasters generally have only a few mainstream varieties for sale - none of these fancy pants Monsooned Malabar and Nicaraguan beans and stuff.
Its an untapped market for some lucky punter...given that the uptake of coffee in NZ is fairly phenomenal, given by the number of good cafes in random rural areas.Comment
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wow congratulations mate!
setup looks amazing!Comment
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Congratulations on the setup.
I cant wait for you guys to start shipping them out.Comment
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Looks fantastic Andy! Well done. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
And the small lots that we can buy them in is great too. Cant wait to try a special "CoffeeSnobs blend"!Comment
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Hey Andy! I know youre probably getting sick of congrats, but .. I have to! That is awsome, Im totally jelous!! haha.
Seriously though, good on ya, BEST of luck, youre doing what so many of us probably will only ever dream of doing.
Im going to keep my eyes out for the browns! heh heh
yum yum.
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Re: Announcing... CoffeeSnobs Brown, the roastery.
Sick of congrats? No way Rolley!
Its great to share the excitement of a new project with fellow roasters. The whole idea is to "fill in the gap" so that people that dont have the time to roast can still enjoy the awesome BeanBay beans and dont have to settle for supermarket coffee.
I would hope that anyone already roasting green beans continues to do so because as we all know thats the best way to get perfect results that suit your own tastes.
...which is why most of us started roasting in the first place!
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