Buying coffee to bring home?

[yetta]

Here is a link to Amazon...scroll down the list on the cd to Mi Coffee. It is only about 30 seconds long , so you can hear it all. Simple and sweet!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Gir...rds=diana+king

[BR Mon]

Last year thunder was charging 20 bucks a pound which is almost a third less than the commercial factory stuff....I am not sure what he must pay for 200 lbs of fresh beans at the farm but if you watch that video it willgive you an idea of the labor that goes into the coffee...We watched him last year and he can only do about two pounds in each batch...It takes him about 15 minutes roasting on each batch...When you factor in his trip to the east side of the island and all the work to get it roasted and bagged it is a bargin....It is also weighed in front of you so you don't get home with 12 onces in a one pound bag...I have read on this board of a couple of coffee walkers on the beach shorting people...

[T&A]

Just watched the video of Thunder roasting the coffee and I swear i could smell the coffee right through my computer screen
I will be hooking up with some of that next reach!

[M&G Montreal]

I have always been a bit leery of bringing anything through customs that is not properly packaged and sealed. Usually get the Jablum in the burlap bag we have always found it great!
(Also makes an excellent espresso/cappuccino!)

Any coffee pros out there about the caffeine level in Blue Mountain Coffee? Have heard it is less than regular, but anyone know how much less versus your standard Folger or Maxwell house?

I had also heard that there are 4 estates that can call themselves Blue Mountain, and 3 were dedicated to Japanese sales. Is that how it worked, or did the Japanese just pay a big price for a whole lot?

[Ras Walleye]

I have brought back whole suitcases full of coffee from Big Roy with no problem at all. I can't speak to the caffeine content in comparison to others but I do know that the darker the roast the less caffeine there is because it is a volatile a gets roasted off. That's why I always ask for light roast.

[monk]

and if you REALLY want to get into it, you will want to get the peaberry...

[patty_k]

Conquering Lion Coffee available @ Canoe Bar for 1500J ( about 17$ us) Please order ahaed for large amounts!

[Seveen]

thunder has blue mountain cocoa as well . . .

[BR Mon]

Monk, thanks for the input. I have read about the Old Tavern but have yet to find it sold in Mo Bay or Negril. From the website they sell a box with ten half pound bags...Problem is it is a long trip over there to the farm...They willship it to the states but it is very expensive...Thunder bags his in one pound bags with the valves I do believe. I furnished my own container but saw his bags....Can anyone post a retail outlet on the west side of the island that carries the Old Tavern....

[monk]

Monk, thanks for the input. I have read about the Old Tavern but have yet to find it sold in Mo Bay or Negril. From the website they sell a box with ten half pound bags...Problem is it is a long trip over there to the farm...They willship it to the states but it is very expensive...Thunder bags his in one pound bags with the valves I do believe. I furnished my own container but saw his bags....Can anyone post a retail outlet on the west side of the island that carries the Old Tavern....

you *might* be able to get them to ship it via knutsford to mobay.





sorting coffee- this is often done by hand and it is grueling. you are looking for peaberry, any weevil damaged beans, stones, etc.

coffee is graded by screen size. if you look close you will see some peaberry, a bean which is round. this is desired because the roasting wisdom is that a round bean roasts more evenly thus ensuring the best quality and highest level of control over the roasting cycle.

PS on a few occasions US customs gave me a hard time coming through with large amounts of loose coffee- in excess of 50lbs. This happened both roasted and green. *Technically* green beans are a kind of seed, and when you enter the country there is no longer a bill of rights lol. US Customs knifed through a shyte ton of coffee I once picked up from Conquering Lion, and proceeded to put their hands through about 30lbs of it before I was able to stop them and firmly request any further searching in that manner be conducted with gloves on.



St. Michael from a wall mural in a coffee chapel so to speak.

The "Founder" one of the Coffee man elders. This is a pic of a pic.