RandomTask Senior Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Thu Feb 28, 2013, 8:23am Subject: Looking for green beans by mail
So I've been home roasting for about a month now and I'm looking to replenish my stock of beans in a week or two. I live in Regina, Sask and there is only a handful of places that roast their own coffee and none seem very willing to sell me green beans. My last batch I got from Greenbeanery but they charge for shipping, works out to about $2.00/lbs for shipping cost.
I have no qualms ordering from them again but I was wondering if there was any other place that someone would recommend that may not charge for shipping. I'd probably be getting around 8-10 lbs worth of beans in case there is a quantity or dollar amount tied to a free shipping promotion.
dspear99ca Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2013 Posts: 88 Location: BC, Canada Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Thu Mar 7, 2013, 8:17am Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
At the risk of being unpatriotic, I prefer to order from Sweet Maria's. even paying $45 shipping on 10 lbs the cost was less than Greenbeanery. It annoys me that the same coffee that costs $8/lb at SM's costs more than $13 at Greenbeanery. It can't cost that much more to ship from Kenya to Toronto than to Oakland, CA and the exchange rate has been around par for years. Ordering from Greenbeanery you pay what you'd pay for top quality ROASTED beans by the time you pay the shipping.
Posted Thu Mar 7, 2013, 8:35am Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
dspear99ca Said:
At the risk of being unpatriotic, I prefer to order from Sweet Maria's. even paying $45 shipping on 10 lbs the cost was less than Greenbeanery. It annoys me that the same coffee that costs $8/lb at SM's costs more than $13 at Greenbeanery. It can't cost that much more to ship from Kenya to Toronto than to Oakland, CA and the exchange rate has been around par for years. Ordering from Greenbeanery you pay what you'd pay for top quality ROASTED beans by the time you pay the shipping.
I agree...I stopped ordered from them as well due to prices. I loved their Espresso Choco, but can get ROASTED beans for the same price delivered to my door for less $.
RandomTask Senior Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Tue Mar 12, 2013, 9:24am Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
After having a quick look at SM's site, they do have a better price per pound than Greenbeanery but the shipping is just killer. Shipping for me for a single 10lbs bag is almost double from SM than GB. It also seems that SM has a far more interesting bean selection, whereas GB has just lots of beans to choose from Sweet Maria's selection seems a bit more curated.
I don't know if I'd do justice to the beans I'd get from Sweet Maria's just yet (I'm still a fairly "green" roaster, har har), but it's something to consider once I get confident enough to roast a higher tier bean.
It seems for the time that the hunt continues for a more afordable green bean. Thanks for the imput guys.
islandbob Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 140 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: LM GS/3 Grinder: Macap MXK Roaster: Hottop B
Posted Tue Mar 12, 2013, 2:23pm Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
I've been very happy ordering from Roastmasters.com. My last purchase was 20 pounds of Amaro Gayo greens for $32.95 shipping. I'd love to support GB but it's always significantly less expensive ordering from RM, and I've had nothing but great beans from them.
IMAWriter Senior Member Joined: 4 Jul 2002 Posts: 5,464 Location: Brentwood, TN Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Nothing at the moment Grinder: Vario-W,Preciso-Esatto/KyM... Vac Pot: Adcraft SS, Yama 8 cup Drip: Brazen.Chemex, Hario, Clever... Roaster: Behmor 1600, CO/UFO combo
Posted Thu Mar 14, 2013, 1:03pm Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
Do you have a local roaster that purchases green in bulk? If so, Perhaps they'll sell you some green, as long as you purchase a few pounds of roasted coffee? I gotta think you might have a big time roaster in the greater Saskatoon Metroplex! :>D
RandomTask Senior Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Sat Mar 16, 2013, 9:40pm Subject: Re: Looking for green beans by mail
I have checked with the couple of local roasters (as stated in my original post) and the best I got for a deal was a couple of bucks less than their roasted coffee, which was still more than I could get it by ordering it myself. Also, Regina doesn't have much of a coffee culture that I've found and Saskatoon is about 250km (or 150 miles) from where I live.
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