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Got coffee?

Proud Marine Dad

Proud Marine Dad

Here's what's left of 47,000 lbs. of Brazil Arabica beans we debulk almost daily at work.
We also have 180,000 bags of coffee in the warehouse and over 320,000 bags down the street at the warehouse my wife works at.
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i mostly drink kona and columbian coffee, but this is badass! so, you work for a roaster?

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(coffee farm i visited in kona)
 
So what do you do with the hulls?
 
fishing4fun2 said:
wow that's way cool i roast my own beans, the best way to drink it imo.
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I need to do that myself.

TOAW said:
Do you get free beans to use at home?
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No, we are just a storage place for them. They are owned by other companies.
Our warehouse is mainly Peet's Coffee and Kraft but there are others. The beans are all green (unroasted) and we do not roast.

souf said:
i mostly drink kona and columbian coffee, but this is badass! so, you work for a roaster?

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(coffee farm i visited in kona)
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Columbian is my favorite. Kona is good stuff too and is probably the second most expensive coffee you can buy next to Jamaican Blue Mountain.

The Hot Pepper said:
So what do you do with the hulls?
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We don't have any hulls for the most part, the beans are fairly clean with only some dust from processing.
 
When I mentioned the 180,000 bags of coffee I didn't mean the bags you buy in the store, I meant burlap bags (Jute bags actually) and they weigh 100-154 lbs each.
Here's one isle in the warehouse which is about the size of a Costco store.
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The Hot Pepper said:
Oh, so what is that tan pile? I've never seen coffee so light.
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That is the color coffee is before it is roasted. They call it "green coffee" but the beans are more of a tan color.
 
Gotcha! I thought it was post. Thanks for the info.
 
Yup.
Fresh roasted is best. I have a Behmor that does a couple pots worth at a time, but has been done since the 13th century by innumerable manners of roasting. A warehouse full of beans---Brazillian even. :drooling:

Are there a brazillian beans in the warehouse?
 
I have never needed a cupper bad enough to ever drink MJB or Maxwell House again.

Would sooner drink fresh pencil shavings. Fresher flavor.
 
Oooo how i love me some coffee. Thats a shit ton of beans. When I was in Jamaica the Blue Mountain coffee is something I would honestly kill for. Wish I would have brought more back.
 
Pricey stuff Jamison. Not sure if I have tasted it or not.
My wife used to work for Superior Coffee which later became Sara Lee Coffee and Tea and it was a roasting plant.
I was drinking freshly roasted beans for many years and sure miss that. :(
Not sure if I ever had the Jamaican though. The organic Arabica beans were the best that she brought me.
The Jamaican Blue Mountain beans come to the warehouse my wife works at and they are in small 180 lb. wood barrels.
Those are valuable I am sure! ;)

On another note I just passed the Holy Trinity of post numbers.....777. :lol:
 
Carvin roasting your own beans can be done very easy, you don't really need to buy a pricey roaster, i have used automatic roasters, semi automatic, air roasters (used for popcorn) and found the fastest cheapest way to roast was with a Whirley pop used for popcorn great for coffee 2... you can get them pretty cheap the one in the pic i bought for 5 bucks like new at a thrift shop but have seen them new for 20 bucks at the farmers market.
The problem with the other roasters mentioned above is they can only cook so much green coffee at a time so you end up doing several batches, the Whirley Pop on the other hand can do a lot more, I do 2 &1/2 -- 3 cups of green beans with it and thats a week supply.
The trick is to never stop turning the handle otherwise your beans will burn, start out at med high heat after like 6-8 min or so you will hear the first crack (pop sound) then turn the heat down to med and keep going until there is a slow down on the crack..from there you can keep going if you like darker roasts ...keep going then you will hear a 2nd crack but this time they will sound not quit as loud and more rapid...go much past this point they could end up toast..

As soon as you get the color you like dump them out in something like i have pictured or a similar item that will allow you to stir,shake them to allow them to cool off quickly, i use outside air to cool them some people mist them i don't do that...Make sure you have your exhaust fan on above your stove because it will get a little smoky...after there cool your done...total time from start to finish including clean up 20 min or less..
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Finished product yum
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Forgot to add the picture of what i used to cool them off here it is.
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"No, we are just a storage place for them. They are owned by other companies.
Our warehouse is mainly Peet's Coffee and Kraft but there are others. The beans are all green (unroasted) and we do not roast."
To bad you could roast your own at home and stay up all night playing games.
 
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