Where to get cheap coffee beans to season burrs? - Page 2
- Paris92
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+1 on going to a local roaster and asking for older beans. Has worked for me several times.
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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
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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.

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. 

- Jeff
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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/
See, for example, https://coffeeadastra.com/2019/05/27/se ... quality-2/
- yakster
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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.
-Chris
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LMWDP # 272
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Costco has Peets Major Dickeson Blend for 11.99 for 2 pound in my area. I think thats a decent price.
- Jeff
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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.
- cafeIKE
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.
* something I've never done with ½ dozen+ grinders [some pro] over the last ¼c.

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http://www.ieLogical.com/coffee
http://www.ieLogical.com/coffee
- Paris92
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I agree. I typically only grind for about ten seconds, max. Wait. Repeat.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.