Mike McG: Man, you are an analytical cat! But you forgot to figure in shipping...which adds $7-$8 to the 3# totals. That's the part which gets me to cut back. But I also take the long view: since I drink MAYBE two pounds a month, I'll be sampling for the rest of my life. A tough situation, as I'm sure you can relate with your current library. BTW, the Sumatran is the "natural" decaf. Paul Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messengerhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast">http://phonecard.yahoo.com/homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
From: "Paul Jolly" <Snip> Yeah, I've taken "personnality tests": analytical-driver-expressive. (also known as melancholy-choleric-sanguine) Oh, and we have two Siamese cats. <Snip> Actually I thought of it but figured it'd be about a constant whether shipping 3 or 4# at the same time and since shipping varies by location didn't include it. Should have stated as much. Shipping charges are actually "part" of how I ended up with so many different greens. I'd hear of a green or two I really wanted to try and then looked for other interesting greens to spread out the cost of shipping. Ends up the fewest greens I've ordered at a single time was 4 different varities (except for JBM from a source other the SM's.) To further "reduce" the cost per pound I order 2# of a new variety instead of 1 figuring hadn't had a bean we couldn't use so far... That's one of the great aspects of homeroasting, the greens don't go stale after a week or so like buying pre-roasted! Have a great day! MM;-) Home Roasting in Vancouver, WA USA Just finished a small FP of Puerto Rican Yauco Selecto wakeup cup, a 7:1 Costa Rican LaMinita:Aged Java blend brewing homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
For Mike McGinness and Paul Jolly: I think if you check the shipping costs, they are like production costs. You pay a chunk to get their attention with one pound and additional pounds are relatively small incremental costs. For example, a hypothetical order of mine for 4 pounds shipped from Tom (central Ohio) to me (western New York) works out to $5.55 shipping (these were the new coffees Tom had in his 8/3 post, but I gotta wait until a new credit card billing cycle since I am above my green coffee budget for this one). Another hypotheical order with 11 pounds of beans (as a way to remind myself of those I might want to get eventually) (I did get/am getting some of these already) worked out to $6.45 in shipping. Assuming linearity, the first pound of beans costs about $5,20 and each additional pound of beans costs about 13 cents. These costs do, in fact, amount to a phantom pound of beans, but indicate it is more efficient to put in one big order once in a while than a larger number of smaller ones. Carl T. homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |