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I am currently using Stumptown Founder's blend. It is a bit pricey and is Light-Medium at around 15-16 dollars at Target here in the US.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Stumptown are great roasters. I love to experiment with local roasters. I travel quite a bit and I try to pick up a pound from a local roaster wherever I go. I used be pretty smug in thinking that the top tier roasters in San Francisco would beat a small town roaster every time. My opinion has changed, I've been super impressed by a lot of smaller roaster.

It seems like we are both aware that lots of beans not labeled as espresso are great for it. I tend to go for light to medium roasts for both pour overs and espresso. I also prefer malty/chocolatey profile beans over the citrusy ones. That is not a hard rule but light roasted citrusy beans can be overwhelming in espresso

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I also home roast 80% of my beans. I've been home roasting for over 25 years. I'm receiving 25 pounds from Sweet Marias today. I picked up 5 pounds each of the following:

-Congo Organic Kivu Kalehe

-Costa Rica Tarrazú Cerro La Cruz

-Java Pulp Natural Gambung Robusta

-Ethiopia Dry Process Mahamed Aba Nura

-Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu Peaberry

I'm looking forward to playing around with blending with the Java Robusta

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Quality un-roasted green beans tend to be in the range of $6 to $8 a pound. On a light roast, about 15% of the weight is lost in roasting. $6 to $8 a pound un-roasted coffee turns into $6.90 to $9.20 a pound roasted. This doesn't include cost of the equipment, wear and tear and electricity.

It seems like the going price of artisanal roasted coffee is $12 to $18 pound. IMO, is completely justifiable to charge based on their wholesale cost of goods and labor costs these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ditto with the non dark roasts. I wish I remembered the exact roast, but I was really pleasantly surprised by one of the light roast Starbucks beans I picked up because they were cheap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

We alternate between

  • Kicking Horse Cliff Hanger
  • Bar9 (found them when in Washington, delicious)
  • Whatever we get each month from our Atlas subscription
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Give Blue Bottle espresso a try if you haven’t. I swear they’re a whole other level.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve been purchasing most of my beans at Whole Foods, they have a bunch of local roasters, you just have to do some searching to find ones with a good roast date. I pay ~15 USD for a 12oz bag but it goes from 12 up past 20.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use Wegmans bulk espresso beans. It costs $18 for 2 and a half pounds. If I want something that tastes good, there's a local coffee shop that has dark roast beans that I love