Steve wrote:Because the shop is about selling cups of coffee and looking after the customer.
A shop, our shop is about selling coffee beans not cups of coffee. But we do that too!
Steve wrote:Why loose out on freshness? We Batch roast every day exactly what we need. (and please don't get me started on BIG roaster were a tiny speck on the roaster planet).
To us you are a big roaster. One of the best. You may be able to supply small shops like us in the UK, and I hope that you do. But far too many roasters will only supply larger quantities.
Fortunately we have multiple roasters here in the Netherlands, who are able to supply small quantities regularly.
Steve wrote:Its about making the customer taste the difference between good roasted coffee and not.
I totally agree with you, but to do that the roast has to be repeatable and fresh.
Steve wrote:Sorry you got me on my hobby horse here
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Steve roasting is your hobby horse, freshness is mine.
Steve wrote:It frustrates me when I hear that I'm going to stick a roaster in the corner and roast my own, and think that its the best it can be.
Not the best, maybe, but I would still love a Neoroast, a heck of a lot better than a Gene, and I could roast during the day not after shop hours. And it would be fresh, and for coffees that are slow sellers the only other option is for us to stop offering them.
Espresso: BFC TCI Lira.
Grinders: Eureka Mignon (2), Mahlkonig Guatemala,
Roaster: Gene Cafe.
Retired... Cimbali Junior, Cimbali Alinox.