Where to get cheap coffee beans to season burrs? - Page 2

#11: Post by **Paris92** » March 9th, 2023, 12:58 am

+1 on going to a local roaster and asking for older beans. Has worked for me several times.

#12: Post by **Shantastic** » April 2nd, 2023, 11:07 pm

If you cant get beans from a roaster, I go to costco and get a couple 5lb bags and regrind them on settings getting gradually coarser. It has worked well for me and it's like passing a load more then you purchased. I also align first, and then throughly clean everything out after so I'm good to go

#13: Post by **GFride** » April 30th, 2023, 3:23 pm

If you're in suburban Minneapolis,,,I've had trouble finding anyone with bad roasts or waste beans they want to give away or sell very cheaply. I found a roaster near Brooklyn Park who sold me 2 pounds for $10, but also said they don't have waste beans becasue they don't make many mistakes.

Funny part was they smelled good so I started using the beans and they were nice! Like others have said, Costco or Aldi or some other discount store is probably the easiest route.

#14: Post by **Showtime84** » October 24th, 2023, 9:14 pm

Never heard of this. What's happening when you "season" burrs? I can only imagine sharp new burrs getting more and more dull over time but not sure why the would need to season them.

#15: Post by **Jeff** » October 24th, 2023, 9:21 pm

The grind distribution measurably changes as the burrs season. Whether you find important differences in the cup will depend a lot on the burr set, coffee, preparation techniques, and taste.

See, for example, https://coffeeadastra.com/2019/05/27/se ... quality-2/

#16: Post by **yakster** » October 24th, 2023, 9:32 pm

Also, the burrs will perform more consistently once seasoned / broken in, if you skip the seasoning you'll probably end up making a lot of grind adjustments until then.

#17: Post by **StoicDude** » October 24th, 2023, 9:41 pm

Costco has Peets Major Dickeson Blend for 11.99 for 2 pound in my area. I think thats a decent price.

#18: Post by **Jeff** » October 24th, 2023, 10:14 pm

Cameron's on Amazon US is 2# for $10. No idea of roast level. I've picked up 20# at a time from Chromatic at their greens cost, under $5 a pound, as I recall.

#19: Post by **cafeIKE** » October 25th, 2023, 11:30 am

Don't over do it when seasoning* with a home grinder. The motors, gears and cooling may not take kindly to long continuous runs.

* something I've never done with ½ dozen+ grinders [some pro] over the last ¼c.

#20: Post by **Paris92** » October 26th, 2023, 7:50 pm

cafeIKE wrote:Don't over do it when seasoning* with a home grinder. The motors, gears and cooling may take kindly to long continuous runs.

I agree. I typically only grind for about ten seconds, max. Wait. Repeat.