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btw, don't rule out pod machines as well. keurig or nespresso won't win barrista competitions, but they provide coffee for a 30 million americans now. the quality is better than what the majority of consumers can regularly make themselves and consistency and convenience are phenomenal. I hear...

how do you drink your coffee normally? do you have a grinder and how much patience/time are you prepared to invest in getting a nice cup made every morning. you should answer before buying.

why are you selling and where is it located?

doesn't seem like it's worth the extra cost, even if you get over the nasty processing part.

also consider going to scaa's site or the event in april. there are always bunch of roasters from norcal.

Coffee, if you are not shaking, you can have another cup!

Great answers already. I'll just add my two cents. Ensuring that your espresso beans produce sufficient crema, either through blending with Robusta beans or using dry processing, is probably the most important. Another consideration for espresso blends: customers seem to prefer darker roasts...

Hi, I wanted to introduce myself and ask the community a question. Can coffee in single-serve packaging ever reach "high" specialty quality? Third-wave is intended to be slow and high quality by design, while single-serve (particularly Keurig and Nespresso) are intended to be fast and...

Make sure that you don't put the beans in an air tight container too soon. During the first 18-24 hours of roasting, the beans are going through degassing (i.e. CO2 is escaping the beans) and if the gas has nowhere to go, it may put too much pressure on the container. It's unlikely to happen...

If you are are running a small coffee shop, it is probably not economical for you to source coffee beans directly yourself. We at HiLine Coffee decided to partner with several specialty roasters who source either directly from the farmers (with whom they've had decades-long relationships) or...