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Discuss roast levels and profiles for espresso, equipment for roasting coffee.
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wingnutsglory
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#2151: Post by wingnutsglory »

littlenut wrote:Tom, Thanks for this heads-up back then. I grabbed 10#. I just saw this in the SM "Just Added" e-mail. Seems it https://www.sweetmarias.com/kenya-kirin ... -7221.html is a new arrival and based on Tom's (Sweet Maria's) description I bought some.
Wow - that went pretty fast.

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#2152: Post by Roasty »

https://www.sweetmarias.com/ethiopia-gu ... -7235.html

I'm a sucker for Ethiopians with pronounced characteristics. Gonna give this one a go.

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#2153: Post by TigerStripes »

https://www.sweetmarias.com/kenya-kirin ... -7218.html

91 point Kenya Kirinyaga newly in stock at Sweet Marias - this one will go fast. I just picked up 5lbs.

If you met me at the decent meetup serving shots out of the RV - you know how good this stuff can be :D
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#2154: Post by badperson »

Rickpatbrown wrote:https://royalcoffee.com/product/3427097 ... 9c00aef023


These Ecuador beans sound amazing. I will post in the exchange thread to see if anyone is interested in splitting a Jewel.
I just picked up a box of this, looking forward to it.

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#2155: Post by Rickpatbrown replying to badperson »

When you get roasting, share you experience here
Crown Jewel Roasting thread -Ecuador Pichincha Galo Morales Natural Typica & Sidra

I should take another crack in a week or so. These days, I'm on a 3 week roasting cycle.

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#2156: Post by GC7 »

The Captains Coffee has a July 4th sale.

They just listed a few new coffees and the Costa Rican Natural and Colombian Huila Bourbon both sound amazing. I placed an order. Happy 4th!

all Green Coffee on sale through July 4th:

Use code FREEDOM25 for 5% off orders of $25 or more

Use code FREEDOM50 for 10% off orders of $50 or more

Use code FREEDOM100 for 15% off orders of $100 or more

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#2157: Post by AJbarista »

These guys bunafr.com have some really good bean selection - I tried and loved their African, Geisha, and Costa Rica!

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#2158: Post by olutheros »

why are they literally twice as expensive as everyone else

also lol they claim all their coffees have "Cup of Excellence scores" and list high numbers and it's pretty clearly a lie, like a rando espresso blend is $15 a pound and has a "Cup of Excellence Score: 87" which is literally not how CoE works at all

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#2159: Post by baldheadracing »

olutheros wrote:also lol they claim all their coffees have "Cup of Excellence scores" and list high numbers and it's pretty clearly a lie, like a rando espresso blend is $15 a pound and has a "Cup of Excellence Score: 87" which is literally not how CoE works at all
I think that they're giving the score that they are coming up with using the Cup of Excellence scoring methodology. It's a number :D.

FYI, here's the old (2001) CoE cupping form with instructions, courtesy Sweet Maria's (pdf link): https://library.sweetmarias.com/wp-cont ... ersion.pdf
(The current CoE form doesn't have instructions: https://cupofexcellence.shop/collection ... rm-digital )
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#2160: Post by olutheros replying to baldheadracing »

yeah, it just strongly implies their coffees were actually judged in a CoE and got a score, and if you believed that were true you might actually think the prices were reasonable.

like their "signature blend" is an 89 and the Finca La Suiza gesha is also an 89 -- must be a great blend, it's $16 a pound and just as high-scoring as a 'stunning and rare' gesha!

i'm sure some of these coffees are good (since they're probably from the same importers as other places) but i feel like places like this make their money from selling at a huge markup to newer roasters, looks scummy

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