Roasting Shells & Broken Pieces

[paypalboutique]

When you buy low grade green beans, you get a fair share of shells and broken beans. Has anyone ever tried roasting the shells and broken pieces to see how the cupping is or what it tastes like?

 

[namballe]

you may be getting a grade 4 or 5 bean.
read up on this:
Green Grading and Cupping Protocol ? Cooperative Coffees

 

[eldub]

Why worry about taste? Nobody is buying that quality of bean for taste.

 

[John P]

The only thing worse than being cheap is looking for a way to justify it.

 

[namballe]

the shells and broken pieces are known as "defects", and therefore, should be thrown out.

 

[PinkRose]

When you buy low grade green beans, you get a fair share of shells and broken beans. Has anyone ever tried roasting the shells and broken pieces to see how the cupping is or what it tastes like?

Hello "paypalboutique"

It amazes me that you're able to come up with these types of questions.

I really doubt that you'd get any support (here) for adding the shells and broken beans in the coffee that you sell.

 

[tazzadiluna]

the shells and broken pieces are known as "defects", and therefore, should be thrown out.

I was thinking the same thing, so the question kind of confused me a little bit. Why bother cupping it?

 

[PinkRose]

I was thinking the same thing, so the question kind of confused me a little bit. Why bother cupping it?

He's probably thinking that there may be a slight chance that the "shells and broken pieces" could be thrown in when roasting the coffee beans, and turn out okay enough for people to buy the roasted low-grade coffee and not notice.

This topic reminded me of a diner that I once went to that watered down the ketchup thinking that people wouldn't notice. Most of their soups had an excessive amount of broth in them, and the meatloaf seemed to have more bread in it than meat. People noticed. They're out of business now, which is not a surprise.

 

[JumpinJakJava]

Go Easy, my coffee friends. Remember, the steep price of $.86 a lb. The stones might help the flavor!
Now where could I purchase some new burrs?

 

[eldub]

LOL Who needs a grinder when roasting barn dust?

 

[tazzadiluna]

I think when he found out 80% of the low grade green beans he purchased were actually defects, he realized he had actually paid $4.30/pound for what's left over. Somebody already said, "What goes around, comes around..."

 

[paypalboutique]

Hello "paypalboutique"

It amazes me that you're able to come up with these types of questions.

I really doubt that you'd get any support (here) for adding the shells and broken beans in the coffee that you sell.

I don't add shells or broken pieces to what I sell. Simply asking a hypothetical question.

 

[PinkRose]

I don't add shells or broken pieces to what I sell. Simply asking a hypothetical question.

That's good to know!