Guess what customs just cleared???

[Yelta]

Wouldn't be holding my breath right now RaF2.

[RAF2]

Andy when do you expect the next arrival? I looked at green bay and yemen ismaili was sold out. Amazing.Cheers.

[lisalewis]

FWIW Qishr gives me a bigger caffeine hit than I get from black tea.

Caveat: the tea I drink is single garden Darjeeling brewed at 90 degrees for a few minutes, it's a low caffeine cuppa. I am quite sensitive to caffeine, to the extent that I cannot drink more than two cups of coffee in the morning and none at all in the afternoon / evening. Qishr fits nicely in the middle: I can drink it in the aftenoon but not at night.

If you haven't tried this stuff do yourself a favour and give it a go. I'm slowly falling in love. So far my favourite method is to heat the water to 80 oC, add the Qishr and maintain a very gentle simmer until the Qishr rises like gnocchi. Yum.

I heard a couple of times about this drink. Could you write a recipe for a drink to cook?

[Lyrebird]

I wondered the same thing. Did a google and the answer is yes it certainly does. About the same as black tea.

FWIW Qishr gives me a bigger caffeine hit than I get from black tea.

Caveat: the tea I drink is single garden Darjeeling brewed at 90 degrees for a few minutes, it's a low caffeine cuppa. I am quite sensitive to caffeine, to the extent that I cannot drink more than two cups of coffee in the morning and none at all in the afternoon / evening. Qishr fits nicely in the middle: I can drink it in the aftenoon but not at night.

If you haven't tried this stuff do yourself a favour and give it a go. I'm slowly falling in love. So far my favourite method is to heat the water to 80 oC, add the Qishr and maintain a very gentle simmer until the Qishr rises like gnocchi. Yum.

[Andy]

sultana marshmallow muffin sponge cake

Nice, descriptor.

Got mine delivered and plan on roasting this weekend. Any guidance Andy on the roast?

Roast them well!
My tips on my roaster are no good for you, you are better off leaning here from people with similar roasting equipment... and your own taste buds. That's the real reason to home roast, you get what YOU like, not the middle ground that I need to roast to suit everyone.

[skidquinn]

Got mine delivered and plan on roasting this weekend. Any guidance Andy on the roast?

[noonar]

awwww thanks. 26C ambient, preheated and loaded at 40, very first crack at 200 and 10mins, rolling 204 to 207, initial second at 218, no second rolling, dumped at 218.5 and 16.5mins. Tasted within an hour, if there is such a thing as a sultana marshmallow muffin sponge cake then that's what I got. Going to really enjoy the next 3 weeks :-).

[Andy]

Thanks again Andy... and everybody else in "the chain"

Great looking roast too, these will develop more and more flavour over the coming week and should produce one of the best espressos you have had. Amazing body and depth that's just not found in anything else.

[Caffinator]

Been brewing since 2 days after roast. Now @1 week I can say these beans are great from the get go. Interesting to observe the subtle changes/maturing of flavors and evolution in grind setting for these amazing, little beans!
Great stuff thanks Andy

[338]

Can’t wait to try

Which one did you order Jaygale?
What are you using to roast it?






Ps got any old equipment you would like to sell?

[noonar]

All the BTCOD efforts to get these special little beans from their origin to my palate deserves a lot more recognition than the homage I give here: Thanks again Andy... and everybody else in "the chain".

[noonar]

No other updates as it doesn't get unloaded and scanned until it gets to the other side of the country... which is a really long way away

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Perth 01/02/2019 06:19:41

Be still my trembling heart, ye gods nectar is mere moments away. :-) Thanks Andy.

[theonetruepath]

Ordered 5kilos from beanbay on Jan 23. The online Fastway tracker says the parcel is in Geelong, as of Jan 23, no other updates - maybe Fastway are using the same route Andy used to get the beans in to Australia? :-) Waiting patiently (mostly).

My order was 22 Jan, 15kg various greens plus Quishr, arriving today in WA, Fastway flat box. Just slightly easier than sourcing it myself from Yemen.

[Andy]

Ordered 5kilos from beanbay on Jan 23. The online Fastway tracker says the parcel is in Geelong, as of Jan 23, no other updates - maybe Fastway are using the same route Andy used to get the beans in to Australia? :-) Waiting patiently (mostly).

No other updates as it doesn't get unloaded and scanned until it gets to the other side of the country... which is a really long way away

Currently shows:

Onboard Your parcel is ready for delivery.
Perth 01/02/2019 06:19:41

[Theok]

I'm just ordering "bits" till the big hit LOL. Works well for me at the moment due to all the travel and weeks away. But if I miss a week, I'm a goner LOL!