I generally buy from CoffeeBeanCorral.com And have for over 15 years.
Much better coffee in my opinion. I roast a couple of times a week, and grind every morning. Can I ask what vendor you use?
/johnny
Johnny,
I’ve used the Captain’s for about 10 years.
http://www.thecaptainscoffee.com/
Most green beans look the same so you have to rely on the honesty of the vendor. I’ll check yours out too.
If you roast your own you NEVER have stale coffee. If you drink your coffee black, you can tell when you’re drinking stale coffee. People here don’t realize that coffee goes bad after you grind it in a couple days, and once the beans are opened about two weeks. So what you’re getting at Kroger’s and Walmart etc is stale coffee.
Also, if you buy beans green, you’re paying less and they stay fresh. I have some Costa Rican which I agree, are great.
Thank you for the tip!
Roasted a pound, in four portions, last night of Costa Rica Dota from Rain Forest Alliance. Have no idea if I’m getting what it says, so I trust the Captain.
The beans are small and cracked uniformly each time.
How do you roast yours? I went about ten seconds into the start of the second crack. Took about six minutes to roast each four ounce portion.
How do the beans taste if you roast just after the first crack? I know you get a French roast if you go to long into the second crack and these beans seem very light.
I ground the beans this am with a burr grinder, (people don’t realize the chopper grinders give you like five different size of coffee) and drip brewed it on my Wilfa. I think it would be good to in a K Cup, but made a full pot and put what I didn’t drink in a thermos for the neighbor.
Drinking black, it’s rather sweet and light. Very tasty. Do you like Costa Rica beans the best? I imagine what I’m getting is pretty much the same as yours.
Lot a questions.... :-)