Posted: 6/27/2011 3:44:11 PM EDT
Jumpin' JEEBUS this shit has gotten EXPENSIVE! 
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If you have a deep freeze and a local roaster, ask about a discount for 10+ pounds. I have kept good quality Ethiopian, roasted, in bags that I sealed in the deep freeze for 18 months and it was still wonderful. The time between roasting and bagging/freezing was about 2 hours. I got a 10% discount for getting 10 pounds. +1 Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Certain brands are also charging you the same amount for 14 oz., that they were charging you for a full pound. Same price or more expensive, for two less ounces. Total bullshit. Coffee has traditionally been sold in thirteen ounce vacuum pack and not always one pound packs. The reason for this is that when you roast a pound of green beans, you lose roughly fifteen to seventeen percent of the bean's weight, through water evaporation. This leaves you with approximately thirteen to fourteen ounces after roasting. Chris |
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Quoted: my coffee went from 12.99 for a 40oz bag to 23.99 for the same. In less than a month. (8'oclock coffee on amazon. pretty good stuff) Yeah 8'oclock is my favorite commercial coffee out there...but wow the prices have gone sky high! Everyone seems to be about $10/lb on average now for decent stuff. I roast my own and have about 30-40lbs of high grade estate grown green beans socked away that I figure I have an average of about $6.00/lb in. 5lb of that is 100% Kona. I've been stockpiling it for a while though. |
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Certain brands are also charging you the same amount for 14 oz., that they were charging you for a full pound. Same price or more expensive, for two less ounces. Total bullshit. First they did it to my Breyer's ice cream half gallons. They went down to 1.75 qts, now at 1.5 qts. Now coffee? What's next? Eggs? |
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guy green and roast it yourself Second. Cheaper and easy. I buy 20lbs at a time, just over $5 a pound. Green keeps forever, roast about a pound every 5 days. If you do it, get a Behmor roaster. Little expensive ($300), but it can roast a full pound at a time, and is pretty much set it and forget it. The Captains Coffee |
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guy green and roast it yourself Second. Cheaper and easy. I buy 20lbs at a time, just over $5 a pound. Green keeps forever, roast about a pound every 5 days. If you do it, get a Behmor roaster. Little expensive ($300), but it can roast a full pound at a time, and is pretty much set it and forget it. The Captains Coffee How long with green coffee keep for? Frozen? |
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guy green and roast it yourself Second. Cheaper and easy. I buy 20lbs at a time, just over $5 a pound. Green keeps forever, roast about a pound every 5 days. If you do it, get a Behmor roaster. Little expensive ($300), but it can roast a full pound at a time, and is pretty much set it and forget it. The Captains Coffee How long with green coffee keep for? Frozen? They harvest once a year, and don't freeze them; so at least 12 months in a cool dark place. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: guy green and roast it yourself Second. Cheaper and easy. I buy 20lbs at a time, just over $5 a pound. Green keeps forever, roast about a pound every 5 days. If you do it, get a Behmor roaster. Little expensive ($300), but it can roast a full pound at a time, and is pretty much set it and forget it. The Captains Coffee How long with green coffee keep for? Frozen? They harvest once a year, and don't freeze them; so at least 12 months in a cool dark place. I just made some that were 2 years old and they were fine. But yeah trwoprod, don't freeze them. |
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Certain brands are also charging you the same amount for 14 oz., that they were charging you for a full pound. Same price or more expensive, for two less ounces. Total bullshit. Coffee has traditionally been sold in thirteen ounce vacuum pack and not always one pound packs. The reason for this is that when you roast a pound of green beans, you lose roughly fifteen to seventeen percent of the bean's weight, through water evaporation. This leaves you with approximately thirteen to fourteen ounces after roasting. Chris Maybe in your neck of the woods, not here. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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8 O'Clock coffee, dude. Still the cheapest, still the best tasting. I'm still working on my 8 O'clock Colombian stash I bought right before the prices jumped. The local store was running BOGO on the 16oz. packages and I had a few $1.00 off coupons. I think I ended up with 12 bags for about $22. I'm down to 4 and I'm starting to get nervous. 
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Quoted: Good friend of mine works for them––––whenever I want, she'll get me a couple of bags of their Dark Roast––––for free! Quoted: my coffee went from 12.99 for a 40oz bag to 23.99 for the same. In less than a month. (8'oclock coffee on amazon. pretty good stuff) Yeah 8'oclock is my favorite commercial coffee out there...but wow the prices have gone sky high! Everyone seems to be about $10/lb on average now for decent stuff. I roast my own and have about 30-40lbs of high grade estate grown green beans socked away that I figure I have an average of about $6.00/lb in. 5lb of that is 100% Kona. I've been stockpiling it for a while though. |
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guy green and roast it yourself Second. Cheaper and easy. I buy 20lbs at a time, just over $5 a pound. Green keeps forever, roast about a pound every 5 days. If you do it, get a Behmor roaster. Little expensive ($300), but it can roast a full pound at a time, and is pretty much set it and forget it. The Captains Coffee How long with green coffee keep for? Frozen? They harvest once a year, and don't freeze them; so at least 12 months in a cool dark place. I just made some that were 2 years old and they were fine. But yeah trwoprod, don't freeze them. Thanks for the advice –– I got into exactly this discussion with a couple of Somalis and they invited me over to show me how they did it. It was fascinating. They cook the beans in a skillet like polenta, stirring all the time, and then grind it on the spot and drink it. It was one of the most interesting things that I have seen in a few years. I am going to give this a try this week. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Certain brands are also charging you the same amount for 14 oz., that they were charging you for a full pound. Same price or more expensive, for two less ounces. Total bullshit. And I blame Miley Cyrus.  You're lucky to see 14oz, most are down to 12oz bags |
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Certain brands are also charging you the same amount for 14 oz., that they were charging you for a full pound. Same price or more expensive, for two less ounces. Total bullshit. Just like the ice cream companies did a few years back. When was the last time you saw an honest to goodness "1/2 Gallon" of ice cream. 
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And all you have to do is roast the stuff.  I don't want to roast coffee, at this time  |
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And all you have to do is roast the stuff.
I don't want to roast coffee, at this time
It's easy to do in an air popper ($20-$0). We have a 1 pound roaster (~$400) and a 4lb roaster (don't even want to say) and after getting the roast cycles worked out, I can say that every day I have the best cup of coffee I've ever had. |
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Quoted: Quoted: And all you have to do is roast the stuff. I don't want to roast coffee, at this time It's easy to do in an air popper ($20-$0). We have a 1 pound roaster (~$400) and a 4lb roaster (don't even want to say) and after getting the roast cycles worked out, I can say that every day I have the best cup of coffee I've ever had. It might be fun to try |