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by Almico
October 22nd, 2023, 7:28 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 18
Views: 1269

Coffee transparency-reporting by roasters - comparing two roasters' green beans costs

For the record, the term "virtue signaling" is used to describe one that talks the talk, but does not walk the walk. Personally, I couldn't care less what anyone says, it's only what they do that matters to me. People that "do", rarely need to say so
by Almico
October 19th, 2023, 12:26 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 18
Views: 1269

Coffee transparency-reporting by roasters - comparing two roasters' green beans costs

Website is pretty deceiving. It makes it sound like they buy directly from the farm. Looks like they buy from importers like Onyx. Maybe they simply ask their importer how much they pay to the farm and simply multiply it by 5. {image}
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by Almico
October 16th, 2023, 3:00 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 18
Views: 1269

Coffee transparency-reporting by roasters - comparing two roasters' green beans costs

Information maybe. How much a vendor pays for their cost of goods sold? Really? Do you do that with tomatoes? Do you ask a restaurant how much they pay for their salmon? With roasters it's almost meaningless because you have no idea what other costs go into their final pricing. Maybe they spend an h...
by Almico
October 16th, 2023, 7:18 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 18
Views: 1269

Coffee transparency-reporting by roasters - comparing two roasters' green beans costs

Which reinforces the point that trying to appear transparent in most cases is nothing more than virtue signaling
by Almico
October 4th, 2023, 1:43 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 5
Views: 434

Getting ready to love Starbucks Coffee Variety

The climate isn't changing nearly as fast as the hysterics would lead us to believe. If you really need to worry, there are more urgent things to worry about
by Almico
September 29th, 2023, 7:52 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 16
Views: 1127

Worka Chelbessa, by George Howell, in Light and Medium Roasts

For illustrative purposes, here is a vid of the light roast version of this coffee next to one of my roasts of a washed Ethiopia. My normal dose is 15.5g and the grind is set to accommodate that. Both doses in this vid were 14.5g which makes my coffee run very fast. By the glory of the lever espresso
by Almico
September 28th, 2023, 10:49 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 16
Views: 1127

Worka Chelbessa, by George Howell, in Light and Medium Roasts

Ah-ha, I forgot that. My reason for getting these coffees is not so much analyzing the coffee, but to see how George goes about things. I wanted to see how he packages his coffee and how he rates his roast levels. I thought 2 different roasts of the same coffee could be telling. But since this
by Almico
September 27th, 2023, 9:10 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 16
Views: 1127

Worka Chelbessa, by George Howell, in Light and Medium Roasts

And FWIW, this is last year's coffee, harvested over 1-1/2 years ago
by Almico
September 27th, 2023, 5:50 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 16
Views: 1127

Worka Chelbessa, by George Howell, in Light and Medium Roasts

I made quick Americano with the medium roast. At my normal grind setting on my Monolith MC4 it absolutely choked my Londinium. I had the turn the grind setting almost 120* and it still ran very slow. I'll try again in the morning with an espresso and a coarser grind. I won't get a chance to measure ...
by Almico
September 27th, 2023, 11:31 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 16
Views: 1127

Worka Chelbessa, by George Howell, in Light and Medium Roasts

I have a bag of each waiting for me in my mailbox. I'm curious to measure the roast level and taste George's coffee. Never had any before