I do offer a Free shipping coupon to Customers who have an account, save (favorites on your computer) and use our URL, order at least 3 Lbs or more per order for at least 12 green coffee orders. This is actually an advertising program and well deserved Reward for my good Customers that I am happy to provide.
]]>The Best Shipping rates AND Fastest Delivery of Green coffee beans to your home have been with the good old United States Postal Service. That's Amazing we know, but we find the USPS is delivering your Specialty coffee order from homeroastcoffee.com in One to Four days on average rather than the three to eight days common with other coffee Suppliers standard Shippers. Why pay Expedited Shipping Charges Elsewhere when you can get it Fast for Less here. Home Roast Coffee's shipping rates are set at each level by Pound to coincide with USPS Flat Rate Shipping Packages. USPS small flat rate box would hold 1 pound of green coffee. These rates go up each year but are still comparatively lower than other shippers.
To pay the LEAST shipping cost Per Pound Follow this simple order Guide; 5Lb is Good, 11 Lb Better, 17 Lb Best.
USPS Priority Mail padded Flat Rate envelope holds up to 5Lbs premium green coffee to ship anywhere in the USA, YOU Pay only $8.99 at Home Roast Coffee, That's just $1.80 Per Lb when you buy 5 Lbs, but $2.25 Per Lb if you buy only 4 Lbs.
11 Lbs Green Coffee Beans will fit in a USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box, You Pay only $16.59 at Home Roast Coffee which comes to just $1.51 Per Lb when you buy 11 Lbs of our delicious Gourmet coffee beans for home roasting.
Up to 17 Lbs of our select Specialty raw coffee beans will fit in a USPS Priority Mail Large flat Rate box, you pay $20.99 or just $1.24 Per Lb when you buy 17 Lbs Specialty green coffee beans.
The same pattern per pound simply repeats so the best rates per Lb will be at 22 Lbs (17 Lbs + 5 Lbs), 28 Lbs (17 Lbs + 11 Lbs), 34 Lbs (17 Lbs + 17 Lbs), and so on.
We have reduced or eliminated using packing materials in our effort to be as Green as possible though some items like glass roasting chambers require packing to arrive safely.
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Roasting coffee at home is as easy as popping corn on the stove or on a burner of your gas grill or even over a camp fire. Green Coffee is simply what we call RAW coffee beans, the seeds of the fruit that appear green in color, and will hold their flavor until roasted.
Arabica coffee grown for the Specialty Coffee Market (Green coffee for home roasting and used in coffee shops) is the top 2% to 3% of all coffee Grown; Processed and selected for its' distinct Flavor.
Don't be afraid to give it a try, High quality Green coffee beans are available for under $6 per Lb. With just a couple roasts you'll find the right level of heat to apply that brings your beans to first Crack in about 4 to 7 minutes, just stir, watch, and listen.
You can start roasting coffee with items you already have around the house. Roast in a skillet stirring with a wood spoon, in a pot shaking to prevent scorching, or a hot air popcorn popper. Or try a Whirley Pop popcorn popper very reasonably priced under $50 in our Home Coffee Roaster Beginners Kit with 5Lbs Gourmet Green Coffee, storage pouches, and directions.
Handy Home Coffee Roasting items.
Home Coffee Roaster Beginners Kit
Roasting coffee with a moderate budget you can start with a nearly automatic coffee roasting appliance. The FreshRoast SR300 coffee Roaster at less than $130 or the NESCO Pro coffee Roaster for under $190 including shipping and Gourmet Coffee to get started are both easy to use and produce excellent fresh roasted coffee.
FreshRoast SR300 Coffee Roaster
NESCO Pro Coffee Roaster
Home Coffee Roasting for Beginners Simple instructions
You can use a skillet and wood spoon or any container that you can put on a stove or shake over a fire without spilling the beans.
These instructions are intended for a Whirley Pop but work for manual roasting over a fire.
You will need : 8 ounces of Green coffee beans, a half pound keeps the beans moving when stirred; Colander or roasting pan to cool beans in; Stand up pouch or large zip bag to store coffee; Hot pad; Pen and paper; watch with seconds.
Handy items:
Scale, measuring cup, funnel, small fan, wooden long handle spoon, Infrared Thermometer, candy thermometer (metal). Our Roast Levels sheet showing roast levels by color and description, and our HRC Roast Log both free downloads available on our LEARNpages.
With Green coffee beans in Whirley POP set stove just over medium heat, start timer. Begin stirring at a medium pace and move fast a few seconds of every minute, while regularly checking your beans for color, sound, and if you like temperature. You will want to use the vent fan on your stove or have an open window as coffee beans will produce smoke especially at dark roast levels.
Whirley Pop on stove with Green coffee ready to roast, timer, HRC Roast Log and Levels sheets.
As beans reach about 375 degrees F (4 to 6 minutes in) they begin to make a sound similar to pencils breaking known as FIRST CRACK. From this point on, your coffee can be removed from the heat and later brewed, however once removed from the heat it will not continue to roast if returned to the heat. First Crack should last a minute or two with beans going from light to medium brown ending around 410 degrees F and producing a nice American roast. Simply watch, listen, and record the relevant data at the point you remove your beans from the roaster into a colander or roasting pan. Gently stir or shake the beans over a fan outside or over a sink to cool to room temperature and remove the remaining chaff from the beans. Pour beans into an air tight bag to rest at least 4 hours before brewing. Or, continue turning, watching, and listening for a darker roast.
Coffee near end of first Crack can be removed from heat for American roast.
The pace of the roast and smoke will increase while the sounds slow for a few seconds to a minute and the bean temperature rises to about 435 degrees F. The beans continue roasting quickly to Dark brown (Full city roast) as SECOND CRACK begins. Second Crack sounds like crispy rice cereal, lasts seconds to a few a minutes, bean temperatures rise rapidly, beans become almost black and shiny (450d F), watch close to stop before burnt. Download our helpful color comparison roast levels for descriptions of taste profiles.
Pouring hot beans into a roasting pan to cool and remove chaff over a small fan.
Using a funnel to pour cool beans into a stand up pouch to "Rest" a few hours.
Freshroasted coffee, store out of sunlight or extreme temps. Yum!
This entire process took less than 10 minutes, a small price to pay for the amazing aroma and taste of fresh coffee in the next day or two. If you love coffee you have got to try this.
Watch our Video Roasting with a Whirley Pop click here.
Scott Brill Owner: homeroastcoffee.com
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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Wayne L. wrote:
I'm enjoying my recent purchase immensely. You have the best quality at the best price I have found anywhere. I was pleasantly surprised by the free sample of Ethiopian Harrar and couldn't wait to try it, it being number one on my list of varieties to try next. Everything arrived quickly and in excellent condition and I am currently working my way through the order. My whole family is so impressed with the freshness and quality of home roasted coffee that I may never buy store bought again.
Wayne
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Your welcome to use the review without my contact info, I'm looking forward to doing more business with you in the future.
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]]>The First two we were the winning Bidder for on the Grounds For Health coffee Auction to support Grounds For Health mission to provide health screenings to women in coffee growing Regions.
First is our Sumatra Indonesia Lintong Peaberry Rain Forest Alliance GFH, grown within view of Lake Toba in the Lintong Region of Sumatra.
Sumatra coffee plants overlooking lake Toba Sumatra Lintong forest and architecture Ripe hand picked Lintong coffee cherries
Second on our list is another GFH Auction coffee. Ethiopia Kaffa Forest Chiri Coop Gr 2 TNS project GFH. This delicious coffee comes from the place where we probably first discovered coffee (the name comes from Kaffa). The TNS project provides Chiri Coop Members with Best practices training for coffee cultivation, picking, and processing. The Chiri washing station operates an ECO Pulper that uses 1/10 the usual amount of water consumed in wet processing of coffee cherries.
Chiri Coop Coffee Producers in Kaffa Ethiopia
For every pack of the 2 Grounds for Health Coffees we sell on Our site we will donate $1 to Grounds For Health.
Just added to the site today, click on the links to see more details for each coffee:
Bolivia ASOCAFE Fair Trade Organic Amor de Dios Washing Station.
Java A/WP1 Bayu Kidul Estate Washed.
Other recent additions.
Rwanda Fully Washed, Scr 15 up, Mushonyi Washing Station, Lake Kivu
Papua New Guinea Plantation A/X, Waghi BOB
Sulawesi Toraja Mamasa, Kalossi, Gr 1
More coming soon, Thank you for your support.
Sumatra Lintong Photos courtesy of Crop to Cup Importers who donated to Grounds For Health.
Ethiopia Chiri Coop Members Photo courtesy Atlas Coffee Importers who donated the coffee to Grounds For Health.
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Ethiopia Kaffa Forest Chiri Coop Coffee Mankira Forest Birthplace of Coffee Chiri Coop Smallholder Members
Chiri Coop is a TNS project to organize and educate 440 Smallholder farmers around a centralized Wetmill, Drying, and storage facility "Chiri". The Farmers hand pick and sort the coffee cherries for proper ripeness before submitting to processing.
Chiri Coop uses a modern Eco Pulper to remove the skin and fruit from the cherries while consuming 1/10 the normal amount of water used in the Washed process.
Atlas Coffee Importers cupping note: "Black currant and cocoa in the aroma. Flavors of currant, blackberries, hazelnut and cocoa. Very flavor intense with distinct blackberry acidity. The mouth feel is rich, intense and juicy. Overall it is complex and balanced with mature dark fruit notes and great body."
Photos of Mankira Forest Ethiopia and Chiri Coop Members, and Kaffa / Chiri information courtesy of Atlas Coffee Importers.
]]>The Auction is one of the ways our Specialty Coffee Community helps support those who Produce the Coffee we love, and we are happy to be part of this effort. The Coffees and related items are Generously donated by Members of our Specialty Coffee Community and Auctioned to Coffee Lovers like you and me.
We will be offering the three Coffees which will be noted as our Grounds for Health Auction wins soon along with a blog post describing them in more detail.
For more information on Grounds for Health click this.
We would like to Thank the Folks who made these Generous Donations:
Atlas Coffee Importers
Crop to Cup Coffee Importers
Mt Top Coffee, and Jim Cone of Coffee and Tea Ltd.
Behmor Inc.
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Which bean to roast? How much? How fast? Change the heat or stay the course? Use a fan or adjust it? How dark to roast this bean? Which Crack is it in and when does it end? How long should it rest before trying a cup or try it over a few days? Should I blend this with another bean? Which one (s)? Different roasts?
How shall I brew this fresh coffee? Drip? Press? Pour over? Vacuum pot? How much to use? How to grind it? How fine to grind it?
Now analyze it and decide how and what to adjust the next time, if anything.
You have now exercised your mind, made a friend or Loved one's day, done your cardio with a sense of accomplishment, created a new one and probably recalled a fond memory as well eating too much (back to the bike), and enjoyed a great cup of Joe that you made with your own hands and mind.
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Just wait to receive your order is READY email and stop by. 1019 Tilda Trail, Cross Plains, WI.
BONUS - Pick Up orders in June will receive a 4 oz (aprox) SAMPLE of Green Coffee.
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Home Roast Coffee is just the three of us so maintaining consistent standard operating procedures is pretty easy. We receive an email notification for every order that we use as the packing slip, we also check the order in our site for any special information.
Every bag of coffee we receive is tagged at the dock with it's full Tittle and weight and stored in a specified location based alphabetically. We select the Bag of coffee that matches the pick list and label the appropriate zip bag for the weight. When finished with the Origin bag we mark the Lbs removed on the tag with the date, seal the bag and replace it in the proper storage location.
Panama Finca Candela coffee pulled from storage to packing station and opened.
Panama Finca Candela ready to scoop
We use a fresh scoop, pitcher, and funnel for every coffee so we Zero out the commercial scale for every coffee before packing.
The Big funnel helps get the beans in the bag.
5 Lbs Panama Finca Candela ready to fill bag.
Setting Tare weight to zero for weight of bag on our second commercial scale with 5 Lb Panama Finca Candela ready for a second weight check.
Panama Finca Candela 5 Lbs ready to tape and ship.
Now that the 5 Lb Panama is ready to go we put it in the shipping package and check it on the packing slip.
When every item on the packing slip is checked off we check the packing weight of the package to be certain it matches the total Lbs purchased and sign the packing slip.
We want you to enjoy your coffee and that includes getting what you ordered as soon as we can get it shipped.
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Hot water preferably filtered to remove chlorine but retaining some minerals (no distilled water) at 198 degrees f to 202 degrees f.
A decent coffee grinder capable of grinding the desired particle size with little variation of pieces from that desired size.
A Brewer or devise that allows the hot water to pass through your ground coffee then separate the grounds from the coffee in about 4 minutes.
And, this basic bit of chemistry or physics knowledge:
The larger the particle size of your grounds the less surface area you will have exposed to the hot water and will therefore extract slightly less of the total flavor of the bean.
In terms of taste this generally means large size Course grind will be less bitter but weaker if using the same amount of a finer grind. The important thing to remember here is to use the proper Grind size (within a range) for the brew method you choose. Course Grinds are good for Press Pots (French Press) and should produce a rich round less bitter taste but may require more coffee per cup to reach the strength you like. Pour over through a filter and most standard home brewers work well with a medium grind you will want to experiment by changing the grind slightly one way or the other while using the same coffee and amount of coffee. With filters if you go too fine you will plug the pores in the filter and end up with weak or bitter coffee. If you try too course a grind your coffee will taste weak which can also be bitter because the coffee can't release enough of it's flavor so all your senses detect is the bitterness.
Bitterness is a sign of just plain Bad coffee, Stale coffee, Weak coffee (how much coffee with how much water), Improperly Ground coffee (very small particles in with a medium grind will plug a filter), Poorly brewed coffee (too fast or slow, too hot, left on a burner), and should not be confused with the bitter sweet taste of a Dark Roast coffee.
A good brewer simply delivers the proper temperature water evenly over Freshly ground coffee in 4 minutes.
Excellent and cheap methods of brewing a few cups are the French Press and Pour Over or Dripper, either one is available in Department stores from $3 to $50 on the high end. Ad a good Grinder $129 from our Grinders and Accessories and any method to boil water then pour just after boil stops.
Below Bodum French Press empty with plunger all the way down. About $20 - $50 depending on size.
Hario V60 Dripper (Pour Over) with filter and an "I Roasted This Coffee Mug". Plastic Drippers are available under $10, Hario Ceramics about $20 - $30.
Baratza Encore Coffee grinder with French Press
Medium Ground Fresh Coffee into Hario Dripper
Nesco Hot water Kettle pouring just below boiling water onto grounds in Pour Over Dripper, stay around middle pour slowly but under 4 minutes.
This is really good coffee!
]]>Coffee is an amazing little seed. When it is raw (Green) it yields and takes in very little aroma or flavor, it's basically inert.
Once we roast it, coffee becomes brittle and expels C02 gas and aromas for a limited time, usually about 2 to three weeks. That is fresh coffee! Beyond three weeks of roasting call it what you want but I wouldn't call it fresh.
Simple physics tells us once we grind coffee we increase surface area exponentially and those gasses and flavors escape proportionately in just minutes.
Fresh Coffee is Ground just before Brewing and Roasted within 3 Week of Brewing.
]]>So, just how does all this benefit good old Mother Earth!
Coffee can be a rather fragile plant, it becomes stressed if exposed to too much sun or not enough moisture and then will produce less fruit of lower quality.
However we know the more sun and nutrients a plant gets the faster it produces fruit, coffee beans are the seeds of the coffee cherry fruit.
To increase the quantity grown and reduce costs they simply cut down the forest, flatten the Earth, plant less tasty but more hardy varieties in straight rows so they can knock the fruit off the bush with a machine, and use fertilizers and pesticides. They can get a harvest in 6 months rather than about 9 months the natural way, that's 2 harvests per year vs one.
Naturally coffee prospers at very high altitudes where the sun is semi blocked by clouds or fog, temperatures are moderate, and often under the shade of taller trees. Forests and fruit groves provide an excellent environment for coffee if your main concern is flavor; trees provide shade that slows the fruit growth to allow richer flavors to develop, droppings from large trees and birds provide natural nutrients, birds and other animals provide natural pest control (they eat bugs). Small Growers and exotic Countries of Origin simply may not have the means to buy modern fertilizers and pesticides, or machines to do the work.
Specialty coffee Growers in their pursuit of flavor want the fruit to develop slowly, will maintain Heirloom varieties for taste, must pick the fruit by hand only when ripe at the peak of its' flavor. Coffee you buy in a coffee shop or from a Specialty Green coffee site (ok that would be us) is more likely to be Earth Friendly, we care about taste and the Earth that gives us this delightful drink.
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Our newest How to Roast Coffee Video using a FreshRoast SR300 Coffee Roaster.
This is one of the easiest and economical home roasters to use and yet it's capable of producing an excellent Roast in just minutes.
If you are new to roasting and looking for a basic machine that is easy to use and care for, watch this video to see it in action.
Handy for roasts up to about 4 1/2 ounces of Green coffee, more than enough for a huge pot or numerous French Press or Pour Over brews.
Just click on the Youtube Icon on the bottom of our Homepage to get to our Youtube channel with all our videos.
Feel free to email or call with any questions.
]]>Websites that sell online use SSL technology to protect the information being shared. Heartbleed is like an opening in the SSL system that could let an outsider get to that private information.
Shopify has addressed this issue already and in an email provided this assurance "we want to stress that merchants and their customers using Shopify are safe from Heartbleed".
I believe our site thanks to Shopify is safe from this threat.
I do suggest caution using some websites and looking into the Google Chrome extension for your browser called "chromebleed Checker" which warns of Heartbleed.
You may also want to change your passwords and watch bank statements for anything unusual, which you should do regularly anyway.
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You will get your fabulous new Baratza Grinder at the lowest price around, a pound of Jamaica Blue Mountain Green Coffee Beans, the remaining quantity of free Green Coffee for that Grinder, and Free shipping in the Contiguous 48 States.
]]>Each Coffee Origin Country, Region, Varietal, and Processing Method provides a unique flavor, body, finish, and character without any other flavorings. Most National brand coffees come from one or two Countries, that we know of at least.
Home Roast Coffee currently offers Coffee from 24 unique coffee growing Regions each with it's own special characteristics.
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On Our site alone there are 17 Origin Coffees priced BELOW $7 per Lb that are all Specialty Grade which are better than much of what you will find in most Grocery or Department stores. Coffees of this Quality are generally found at your local Coffee Shop, high end Artisan Roasters, or Specialty Green Coffee websites like homeroastcoffee.com (us).
In most cases in Grocery, Department, or even Super stores a semi decent Bag of coffee will run $7 to $12 for a twelve ounce Bag. Yes look closely most store bag coffee comes in 12 ounces, that of course is only 3/4 of a pound.
Much better coffee available in your local Coffee Shop or from an Artisan Roaster (usually well worth it) will often cost over $9 per Lb.
When you roast your own coffee you do lose 2 or 3 ounces to moisture and separation of Chaff so you end up with 13 or 14 ounces per Lb.
You will also have shipping cost to get your raw coffee beans which you can minimize by ordering 4 to 5 Lbs, 10 to 11 Lbs, or 16 or more Lbs, which in most cases will put shipping cost around $1.05 to $1.27 per Lb, at homeroastcoffee.com 30 Lbs will usually get free shipping, contact us if you don't.
During March 2014 we even have a coupon code on our FB page for Free Shipping for orders of $75 or more, that's 12 or 13 Lbs of coffee.
So even if you buy only 5 Lbs of our Green Coffee at say $30.30 (Ave $6.06) ad $5.99 shipping, your net cost after roasting (net 14 oz/Lb) is $0.52 per oz.
The cheapest store bag coffee (by no means a comparable quality, only quantity) at $7 (12 oz) is $0.58 per oz.
Calculate the number of Lbs of Coffee you use in a year by that $1 savings (aprox) per Lb and I'll bet you can think of something better to spend it on than that old baggy store coffee.
]]>Thanks to the unusually cold weather we've had this year I have spent what extra time I've had playing with new coffee blends. Some were pleasant and some were quite good, but a couple of these unique blends have been outstanding.
The first of these outstanding blends was a serendipitous discovery of amazing complexity and balance of characteristics that led Donna to ask before I had even taken a sip "What's in that blend? It's Really Good!". We have decided to call this our Signature blend and should ad it to the Green Beans offerings soon.
The Second was planned and tweaked to be The Best Breakfast Blend I could make if I could use whatever Coffee I wanted. I have long enjoyed Breakfast blends and wanted to really accentuate the crisp yet smooth nature and not too heavy with a sweet clean finish of the blend.
No set of blends would be complete without an Espresso blend and I put a delicious twist on this one I think you'll enjoy.
Possibly one more that has been so good and so complex we're not sure what to call it, this one changes personality more than most as you change the roast. We may take a few weeks to work on this one, testing various roasts and resting times before coming up with a name.
Look for our new blends on the Green Coffee Beans page in April.
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Home Coffee Roasting is driven by you and me by buying select top quality great tasting coffee rather than the heavily advertised same in every Can huge quantity stuff in a grocery store.
We are buying small lots of coffee that the Growers and Processors have put extra effort into to achieve a higher Grade and better taste than the norm. Large quantity Corporations won't use this better coffee because it costs more, and why make it better when people buy mainly for price and Advertised impressions (that Guy with a Donkey is an Actor, I make my living tasting coffee).
Small high Quality Growers and Processors EARN a better price for better taste which also benefits their Employees and Communities for improved Quality inputs. Small Exporters, Importers, and Retailers (like me) make their livings by searching out and offering only these high Quality Specialty Grade better tasting coffees. We work hard to find the best coffee at a great value even if we can only get a few bags of a particular bean. With any crop as the quantity goes up the quality goes down.
]]>Large National coffee roasters require quantities far too large to even consider these high quality higher cost select small Lot Coffees.
This is Classic small business Capitalism; the Growers and Processors who produce better coffee earn a better living and are able to pay better wages for superior efforts of their workers.
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Why do some of us stand outside in the cold watching a huge pot of boiling oil that may just burn our house to the ground on Thanksgiving?
Why do we spend hours smoking Ribs or a nice Brisket?
Why do so many of us smell like charcoal a good part of the year just to cook a couple of steaks and a pile of hamburgers?
WHY? WHY? WHY?
Is it because we have to eat?
We could eat something from a box. We could eat something from a bag.
We could drink something somebody else cooked, who knows when, or worse put in a can, but why?
The sense of accomplishment we get when we make something great, especially when we enjoy it with Family and Friends!
Fresh Roasted Coffee is simply better!
Roasting great tasting coffee can be as easy as popping corn.
]]>Green Coffee is simply the raw ingredient you start with to assure you of having delicious FRESH coffee.
Roasting great tasting coffee can be as easy as popping corn.
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