Green Beans — Coffee Forum

Storing Beans with parchment on

Lacehim — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:20:48 +0000

I've been reading about green beans lasting longer with the parchment still on. It's referenced here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bean_storage

I was just wondering how much longer it would increase their storage potential? I've had a tin of home grown stuff lying around for a about a year with the parchment on, and it doesn't seem to have affected them one bit.

Espresso Machines La Spaziale S9 EK 3-Group Espresso Machine OR Gaggia GD Compact Espresso Machine 2

koffeeexpress — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:29:23 +0000

We have compared Espresso Machines La Spaziale S9 EK 3-Group Espresso Machine OR Gaggia GD Compact Espresso Machine 2. we get confused about which to best for espresso machines.

I see https://koffee-express.com/equipmentparts/espresso-machines-1653.html and its offers custom price/make an offer. We are getting confused about which one good for our barista.

Thank you

Indonesian Green Beans

IndonesianCoffeeTrader — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:28:38 +0000

Hello guys,

Im a new green bean supplier from Indonesia, I have currently exported my green beans to Europe and now I want to expand to other countries.

I would like to ask for some advice on which Indonesian green beans Australians prefer, which coffee importers to target, average green bean price and any other important details.

Thanks in advance
Milton

2020 Green Beans discussion

Brett H — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:17:24 +0000

Hello everybody! Where are we getting Greens from in 2019?

I like Aye Karamba but are there others?

Yes there is a green forum but I never had as much luck with their products as I had with other suppliers!

Ordering Cuba beans with PayPal, beware!

Simon — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 22:00:41 +0000

Hey guys! Recently had a strange experience I thought I'd bring to everyone's attention. Trying some new green beans, some Colombian, Cuba, and Uganda.

I put through the order, paying through Paypal, and got an email saying they had to review the transaction. Few days later it was rejected and refunded to me without explanation! Very very strange, as PayPal had never done this before...

So I tried again. Same thing, review, and then rejected. They then sent me a message, and it basically said that:

"U.S. regulations currently prohibit the purchase or sale of various goods and services originating from or being shipped to Cuba."

I was so puzzled haha... and then it occurred to me that PayPal is a U.S. based payment system. Then I looked it up and apparently there's some embargo between the U.S. and Cuba and their products. Had no idea about that, nor do I even know what's going on between the two! Perhaps some rocky relationship of sorts...

And they also asked me to kindly not send this payment again, and will close my account if I violate the terms again.

So if you ever order Cuban green beans from anywhere (even if the beans are currently in Australia and aren't being sent from Cuba!), you may have PayPal troubles! Using other payment methods are fine.

Very bizarre!

Aussie Beans

Cuir Beluga — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:13:11 +0000

Has anyone had much experience with Aussie beans?

I bought some a few weeks ago and was so excited to try them, unfortunately I was pretty disappointed :-[

Anyone had any luck with them?

Ethiopian Coffee Tour - K Bean

K_Bean_Coffee — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:29:54 +0000

Hi coffee enthusiasts,

I’ll soon be heading off to Ethiopia for a coffee adventure.

A highlight will be visiting the Kaffa region - the birthplace of Coffee as well as the region of the legend of Kaldi the goat herder. Kaldi is where the K in K Bean comes from.

I’ll share pics and stories on my K Bean Blog and on Instagram and Facebook.

Very exciting.

Paul

Green Bean order.

Dry_bean. — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:04:26 +0000

Just placed an order with Green Bean, 10kg all up.

Uganda Mt Elgon A 1kg
Price: AU$13.00
Qty: 2
Amount: AU$26.00
Options:
Size: 1kg $13

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Grade 2 Washed - 1kg
Price: AU$13.00
Qty: 2
Amount: AU$26.00
Options:
Size: 1kg $13

SKU-00000001 Ethiopian Harrar Grade 4 Unwashed 1kg
Price: AU$13.00
Qty: 2
Amount: AU$26.00
Options:
Size: 1kg $13

Yemen Sanani Mocca
Price: AU$20.00
Qty: 2
Amount: AU$40.00
Options:
Size: 1kg $20

Brazil Daterra Estate - Sweet Collection
Price: AU$13.00
Qty: 2

Excellent selection, good prices and its great to have them shipped freight free. ;D

Green Beans

bcspark — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 04:57:13 +0000

I have a yen to add Costa Rican and Mexican beans to my stash.They appear on Brendans site Bean Green and by description seem to be interesting. Can any Cremas offer me some feedback on their roasting experiences of these greens and the results in the cup Thanks

Where do you get your greens from

System — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:26:47 +0000

Sources of Green Beans in smaller quantities for the home roaster.

Site Sponsors selling Green by the kg

Bean Green delivery is great and a good range of products.
My Cuppa delivery is great and a variety of greens (also roasted beans).
Coffee Parts small variety of greens and good delivery.
Jetblack Espresso small variety of greens and good delivery.
Barazi - Koffee Kosmo site good variety of greens and good delivery.

Crema Members with beans to sell some/all of the time

Wotb

edited last by Beanflying

My latest order.

Dry_bean. — Thu, 05 May 2016 10:53:05 +0000

Morning all.

Ordered yesterday----

India Elephant Hills Monsoon 8 kg

Colombia La Esperanza Red Heirloom Bourbon 7.5 kg

The Elephant Hills has a big chocolaty flavour and mobs of crema, one of my favorites.

The Columbian sounds good and should compliment the EH as a blend. :thumb:

"Colombia La Esperanza Red Heirloom Bourbon
Another ripper Colombian coffee from La Esperanza. This one is a Heirloom Red Bourbon varietal (Bourbon Rojo).
Beautiful processing and easy to roast. In the cup it has great body with lingering caramello chocolate flavours of sweet caramel and cocoa."

The madness has started......

Cuir Beluga — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:51:59 +0000

Oh noes, it's taking a hold already, the addiction is real :P.

I've just popped in an order with Bean Green even though I received 3 kilos with the Behmor the other day.

Costa Rica Herbazu Estate - GEISHA 250g $25
Price: AU$25.00
Qty: 1
Amount: AU$25.00
Options:

Monte Alegre Estate - Fully Washed $16.50
Price: AU$16.50
Qty: 1
Amount: AU$16.50
Options:
Size: 1kg $16.5

Costa Rica El Beneficio Don Mayo Estate - Yellow Honey $19
Price: AU$19.00
Qty: 1
Amount: AU$19.00
Options:
Size: 1kg 19.00

Hoping this will see me right for a bit :P.

Buying Green Suggestions

Lacehim — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:06:02 +0000

Hi Guys,

I haven't been roasting for ages, but it's the silly season so I should get back into it.

Does anyone have any suggestions for beans from Bean Green?

About time

bcspark — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:46:08 +0000

Only about 2kg of 2012 beans left to roast so I bit the bullet and took off to Everton Hills to meet and have coffee with Brendan.Had a very satisfying MJ blend in a double restretto . Could not resist coming away with 6kg of Yemen beans ,Beni Ismali and Moca Matari.Thank you Brendan for your welcome and I will be a regular visitor.

Something nice

cosmic_couple22 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:16:54 +0000

These should go nice in the Silver Streak.

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WISH LIST - Grean Beans.

Lwowiak — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:04:36 +0000

I would like to start this topic, where we can put our wish list of current or forthcoming green beans. Hopefully, with enough interest, we can persuade a sponsor to purchase the bean. Alternatively we might be able to preorder, or do a group buy. Open to suggestions.

To start of the list:

Yemen Matari - Bani Matar

Currently available from:
http://www.hab.com.au/#/Product/info/CM-YE-002-01

Panama SHB - Maunier Estate Boquete Bourbon Natural

http://www.hab.com.au/#/Product/info/CM-PA-009-01

If anyone is else is interested, please register your interest or comments (if you have tried these coffees from a previous season).
I am interested in 3-5 kg of the Yemen (no doubt exxy), and the same goes for the Panama.

How do you choose the right 'one' (green bean)?

samuellaw178 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:10:14 +0000

With the blessing of so many great selection, not only from various suppliers, but also from the same supplier, how do you choose the green bean you want to buy (and keeping them under control)?

I will be quite surprised that I'm the only one facing this trouble. Unless you're the gotta catch 'em all shopper. :rofl:

Normally, I go through the tasting notes/description of all the beans, then shortlist which may suit my taste best. I often have two troubles i) my shopping cart easily exceeds my budget and I can't possibly finish them under reasonable time frame. ii) the descriptions are hard to compare because there's no single standard description system. On top of that, some description is all about the farm history and nothing about the beans flavor/roast. As much as I like the sentiments, I'm currently buying the beans for drinking, not the farm... ^-^

Another shortlisting criteria that I use is I first decide whether I want the greens for filter or espresso. For filter, it is easier by going for Ethiopians/Kenya/fruity origin. But to find the right bean for espresso, especially one that can stand up against milk, is very difficult. I had a perfect crop(Mountain Top Estate) from about 2 years ago that cuts through milk nicely and leave a complex lasting aftertaste. But sadly that isn't available anymore and I have a hard time finding beans like that. Blending may be the workaround, but I can't seem to put together a blend that cuts through milk. It doesn't make sense either how blending a few weak tasting(in milk) beans can produce a result that shines in milk. For me blending only works for espresso by increasing the complexity, not in milk.

Would love to hear how do you go about it. ;D

Fairtrade/certified/sustainably grown beans

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:40:54 +0000

interesting article from Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-green-is-your-coffee/

as they say: "Slap on a bird motif and a few green swirls, and you've convinced a majority of consumers the product they're buying is planet- and bird-friendly," !!

MOVED: Thanks BeanGreen!

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:38:12 +0000

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admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:35:45 +0000

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Yirg Aricha (natural)

borat123 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:41:48 +0000

I 'm still over here in the US doing some training, and got to try some of this bean the other day.

Wow! So sweet, with loads of fruit and bright. What a fantastic coffee.

Anyone else had a try of this? Going to have to grab some to take home.

Newbie roaster needs beans

OompaLoompa — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:31:00 +0000

G'day fellas,

So, I got into roasting recently and have gone through the beans that came with the roaster. I'm on the hunt for a few varieties of beans that:

1. Easy to roast
2. Good with milk
3. Can be blended (when I'm feeling adventurous later down the track)
4. Doesn't cost the earth

I'll probably get it from Bean Green but I'm open to suggestions.

My stash - Did a rough Audit...

System — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:34:18 +0000

My stash is getting LOW... In particular my fav beans are almost all gone...

Bean/product Total (Bags)
Bolivia Caranavi Fairtrade Organic 3
Brazil Original Bourbon 1
Ethiopian Gambella Naturals 2
Ethiopian Gambella Sundried 2.2
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe 1
India Tiger Mountain A 1
Peru Ceja de Selva Estate 2.7
Sumatra Panjang Mandheling 2
PNG Waghi AA 0.5
Brazil Pupped Naturals 1
Indian Monsooned Peaberry 1
Indian Mudigere Robusta 1
Monsooned Malabar 0.5
Costa Rica Tarrazu SHB 0.5
Rawandan Cyangugu 0.2
Honduras Los Bancos 0.2
Bag of Basmati :-) 0.45
Odd and Sods 1
Total KG 53.125

Track your stash, green bean log

cosmic_couple22 — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 23:32:31 +0000

Not sure if this is any use to anybody, did up a bean log for myself in excel.

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(hope this upload works)

Can record up to 20 different beans up to 25kg. (have a 100kg log if you need that much)

Just generate the info in to the sheets - Bean 1, Bean 2 etc. etc. Name will show up in the front index sheet for ease of locating a bean type by sheet no. Couple of graphs for quick refrence and because I could ;D.

Left a couple of fake entries as a demo, just click in the fields on the bean sheet and hit backspace to clear the entries.

If you can use it good, if you can offer improvments great.

Chester

Versatile Green Bean Stash

Jonty — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:01:22 +0000

Hi All

I've been over the last number of months working down my array of beans as it was like 28 coffees from 16 countries.... Which is okay for us to enjoy but I have been doing a number of baggies for work and a few others - around 2-3 bags per week (which is about all I want to roast in the behmor!). Any my question is a stash of beans that should work work for blending and also as a SO. My thoughts at this stage is:

1. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
2. Sumatran Kuda Mas or Blue Batak
3. Columbian Bachue Supremo
4. I've got 5kg of each - Santa Clara & Pedra Redona.......

Jonty

Help me spend $100

RichardM — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:16:39 +0000

So, I need to restock my bean stash, and just want some pointers on some beans that people have been loving or beans that blend well.

I'd like to use Beangreen for this order, but will use any other site sponsors if the price is right. So, make me some recommendations!

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Chelba OCR Natural (Green)

C-man — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:32:09 +0000

ordered 3kg of this from MG they give it a cupping score 90

roasted some about 6 days ago, just tried one cup today

Yummy!

MM $20 per kilo!

borat123 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:46:04 +0000

I finally found some monsoon malabar over here. The wife noticed 'malabar' written on the hopper at a cafe outside the supermarket!

Called the supplier and they want $20 per kilo green.....

At this price I won't be buying here anytime soon.

Sumatran Wahana Natural

galumay — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:06:42 +0000

After some discussion about this coffee on chat I approached Brendan at BeanGreen to see if he could source some.

He has managed to get a few bags and expects it to arrive by the end of the week so we should have some available to order shortly after.

It sounds like a great bean and I am excited to get my hands on some!

Here are a couple of links that discuss the bean,

http://scottiecallaghan.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/on-tuesday-we-roasted-normal.html

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/sumatran-lava-affair-20111029-1mouu.html

Latest beangreen order

Kelsey — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:36:20 +0000

I cannot say enough good things about BeanGreen.

I realised last night that amongst all the craziness of this week, not to mention my little boy being very ill, that I was about to be without coffee over Christmas.

At 9pm last night I emailed Brendan to enquire about shipping times - he assured me I'd have it before Christmas.

My pack arrived at 2pm today.

Incredible service - and it came with a little Christmas surprise which is always welcomed!

Thanks again BeanGreen!!