Buying coffee to bring home?

[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.