Where do you get your greens from

Koffee_Kosmo

A lot of Sumatrans have a funky flavour This flavour is mainly in the crema I normally stir the crema in for a more pleasant cup KK

Bottom_Line

Dry bean. wrote:

Bottom Line wrote:

Fairtrade so the quality isn't the best.

Interesting BL, are you saying Fairtrade means something less than top quality? ???

I have found that there is a perception in the public that fairtrade relates to (top) quality. In my small experience it doesn't. It ain't the worst but it ain't the best. I have only roasted up 7 variants of fairtrade. This Sumatra to me is a average bean. You need to work at making it good. The only excellent one I have roasted was the Rwanda from Andy. Two others I have have been down right awful. I use one in a blend were by some magic it works really well, one of those 2 + 2 -1 = 5. Two others ok, good but certainly not great.

Lacehim

Was it called Blood, Sweat and Luxuries?

Thundergod

Those of you who know me from CS know I have a staple supply of PNG Kimel. I got my two bags so far from CoffeeCom after being introduced to them by Hazel. They don't normally sell to the public. I appreciate that they are willing to sell me a bag every couple of years. The rest of my supply has been bought from CS and I have a few bags that I bought from a CS member when he was leaving to live overseas. Some of his bags were obtained from other than CS. I have bought from MG in the past as well. I'm still trying to cut down my stash to a few favoured beans. Stash is only about 80kg now; about 50kg of that is the Kimel.

RichardM

Thundergod wrote:

I'm still trying to cut down my stash to a few favoured beans. Stash is only about 80kg now; about 50kg of that is the Kimel.

That's crazy. I think I have about 30kg that I've built up, but not one bean I have more than 5kg of. I need to get me some more Limu though. Question for those who buy from other places than CS, is the Gunna Limu Etho the same flavour profile as all the other Ethiopian Limu beans? That is by far my favourite bean.

RichardM

AngerManagement wrote:

So with all the dust still going on about Fair Trade and other so called Farmer assist packages... What is important to you when it comes to getting ya greens ? For me, when thinking of my coffee addiction it is; I want them now and I want X and I want it with min mucking about. I should just drop around and pick up, but I still get it delivered from http://www.beangreen.com.au/ Anger on being a Lazy Slob.

Frankly I don't care about fair trade etc, but that's a discussion for another day. I care about consistency for one, but I think I'll honestly start getting them locally (<1km from my work) now. Ethiopian Limu for $10 a kg...and I know it's good quality as I've had it roasted from them (for reference, it is Chipironi Mountain Coffee). They roast for a lot of local businesses, so I can't really go wrong. I don't want to buy from somewhere with a risk of getting a poor product, ever, so unless someone else has tried them out and gone to the trouble of letting me know (through here or otherwise) that it's decent I won't bother (ie I'd be happy to buy from KK or mycuppa, WOTB etc as I know they wouldn't risk their reputation).

Vinitasse

Has anyone here ever bought greens from diBella? Apparently they offer a $7/kg discount to members of that other forum. What sort of price does that knock the per kg price down to (couldn't find greens on their web pages) and would it be worth pursuing a similar arrangement for Crema forum members as well?

WotB

I gotta get me some cloth bags with zippers. WITHOUT a big stinking tiger picture on the front. Keeps scaring people away. It's hard getting the sort of quantities I want. Too big for smaller players, too small for bigger players. I also want to turn it over in a decent time. Some I may cellar for evaluating at a later date (years down the track). I wish half bags were the norm. At $7/kg discount, they're not making a whole lot off it.

Vinitasse

"With Honour 🙂" Anger on 😉

Dry_bean

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

A lot of Sumatrans have a funky flavour This flavour is mainly in the crema I normally stir the crema in for a more pleasant cup KK

Have to agree with you KK, way too earthy for my palate, greens from this part of the world are on my do not buy list. 🙂

Gra

[quote author=AngerManagement link=topic=1353.msg10844#msg10844 date=1302330407] These days I use these people as delivery is great and a good range of products. Just us the show all button. [/quote Thanks for the reminder Mate I had forgotten all about BeanGreen I placed a order for some Ethiopian Yemen last week they landed next morning can't beat that for service ay. 😉 😉 Cheers Gra..

Gra

AngerManagement wrote:

These days I use these people as delivery is great and a good range of products. Just us the show all button.

Thanks for the reminder Mate I had forgotten all about BeanGreen I placed a order for some Ethiopian Yemen last week they landed next morning can't beat that for service ay. 😉 😉

shape_shifter

Does anyone know if there is anyone that still has the Brazil Bourbon? My OH loves this but I can't seem to find it anywhere now, or is there another bean that is very close to it?

beanflying

shape_shifter wrote:

Does anyone know if there is anyone that still has the Brazil Bourbon? My OH loves this but I can't seem to find it anywhere now, or is there another bean that is very close to it?

Drop Jeff a line http://www.mycuppa.com.au/GreenBeans/ maybe give the Yellow bourbon a go and the Bukit Marante I have had as brown was a good one too if you want to try something different.

shape_shifter

Thanks BF I did find him in my searching, wondered if someone would recommend him. It is the Yellow Bourbon, just checked the old label 🙂

beanflying

I just unpacked 4kg of brown beans from Jeff this morning so yes recommended 🙂 if you are drinking milk coffees then the suuweet blend is well worth a go too.

RichardM

beanflying wrote:

I just unpacked 4kg of brown beans from Jeff this morning so yes recommended 🙂 if you are drinking milk coffees then the su uweet blend is well worth a go too.

Another recommendation here. Got 5kg of beans off him last week.

Lacehim

5kg of green though I guess RichardM. Have you roasted any yet? Also see beangreen is now in the market place. Great to see.

beanflying

I have done an edit on the first post here to to reflect our sponsors that carry Greens too we currently have 4 and I am not sure if CosmoreX sells Green but Attilio might like to let us know. Roasted a little from my WOTB basmati rice bag yesterday so I will report back in the brown section in a few days.

mycuppa

RichardM wrote:

Another recommendation here. Got 5kg of beans off him last week.

I had'nt planned on selling those greens RM, but the desperation in your plea was simply too hard to refuse...........and the flattery just made me weak at the knees.

beanflying wrote:

I just unpacked 4kg of brown beans from Jeff this morning so yes recommended 🙂 if you are drinking milk coffees then the suuweet blend is well worth a go too.

Thanks Timbo - I know the Tanza is still a tad fresh, but I'm tasting some very intense blackberry from this Estate AA and it's a cracker. Let me know what you think.........

shape_shifter wrote:

Does anyone know if there is anyone that still has the Brazil Bourbon? My OH loves this but I can't seem to find it anywhere now, or is there another bean that is very close to it?

SS, there is a small amount of BZL YB left - we don't really sell greens as a focus actually, but you are more than welcome to grab some - always happy to help out folks in need. This BZL YB is naturally pulped and has a very clean and sweet cup - it can also handle darker roasts if you are seeking caramel and hazelnut notes. Some other BZL naturally pulped beans will taste very similar or equal to this BZL YB. We do have some very special Brazil that was prepared for the Japanese Premium market - sun dried, raised bed, stabilized in wooden vats for 3 months prior to shipment - very nice - but that's just teasing so I will stop there !.

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