I LOVE this forum! Thank you all for responding to my thread! I lived in San Francisco for 12 years and was used to getting my beans from Graffeo Brothers in North Beach. The beans were roasted on site and I could smell them two blocks away! Mmmmm....!
Now that I live in the boondocks, however, it's difficult to find good quality, freshly roasted beans, hence the questions about home roasting. I'm going to save my spare change for a roasting machine now. You gentlemen have convinced me! Peace, love and microfoam! JavaJo On Jul 13, 6:27 pm, "Shaun Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a correction on your typo, it's the Green Coffee Buying Club (GCBC). > > I'm not here to knock Burman's, what I can say though is that GCBC gets > excellent beans (high scored, COE's and directs) at prices that are hard to > beat, all based on a cooperative passionate hobbyist home roaster > distribution model. I've been a member of, and bought from GCBC for approx > 3yrs now and I don't buy from anywhere else. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Shaun Taylor > > http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of JimR > Sent: 13 July 2009 07:04 > To: Brewtus > Subject: Re: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? > > Yo Jo, > I've been using the Genie for 3-4 years, but I recommend the Behmor. > I've had a couple friends get one and they love it. I'm going to sell > my Genie on ebay and get one myself. > The Behmor is only $300 and you can roast up to a full pound. It is > also fully programmable. My buddies are getting fantastic results with > just the standard programs included, but you can also create custom > programs. All for $300. Amazing. > I had been getting my beens from Greenbeansdirect.com but I'm not that > impressed after I sampled some of the roasted stuff from my buddy that > got them from Burman's. I've purchased roasted beans from Burman's and > it was very good. I'm going to start trying them for green. > > I hadn't heard about the Green Bean buying club. I'll check them out. > As for the cost vs. the trouble, the big thing for me is fresh beans. > The difference in taste is so extreme that you can't compare. Even the > best roasters out there sometimes take a little too long to ship out > and I can tell the difference after just a week after arrival. The > whole roasting thing (after you get it down) only takes about a half > hour from start to clean-up finished. And in the middle you can do > other stuff. > > Good luck. This is your next step in the seduction... > JimR > > On Jul 12, 3:55 pm, JavaJo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was wondering if any of you roast your own espresso beans? If you > > do: > > > 1. What type of roaster do you use? > > 2. Would you recommend the roaster to others? > > 3. How difficult is the machine to operate? > > 4. Where do you buy green beans? > > 5. Is the cost per pound worth the trouble? > > > I love this group and appreciate anybody who decides to contribute to > > this thread. > > > Peace, love and espresso! > > JavaJo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
