--=====================_9965562==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Thank you, Frank. I do see where in my mind I, at first, NOT now, thought if I spent more on everything I would roast better. Now I see that if I can improve any of a number of things I will make the coffee I have come fully to fruition. That means, to me, that the money should go to the green beans and roasting. I have a good drip brewer. Sure, I want something more, but it has to wait. If I had bought it first I would have had okay coffee taste more okay. Actually, I was buying from a roaster but still wanted it fresher, wanted to see what I could do and I wanted to have something to take my mind of some other things. I has worked. So, I will have a cool looking storage room for almost know money, just the big burlap bags for the wall and a few green bean storage bags, plus baskets to hold those, and, of course, plenty of the original plastic bags. It is strictly show and tell - other than keeping the room at the correct atmosphere as far as temperature and humidity and light go. Like you, I am the only coffee drinker here, and money is tight due to some things, so I don't feel right spending a lot and taking away from others just for me. That doesn't mean I don't do some, as I described, but I am careful. Some time the day will arrive when I can get a vacuum brewer, but not yet. I have a great machine, I have all of you from which to learn, and a world of beans to try. I honestly think I have it pretty good. Thank you for your suggestions. Trust me, I print some and file them by topic, others I color label on my email client to let me know that a particular email has certain information. I use 7 colors. One more way for me to have fun with all of this. Thank you. At 11:18 AM 8/1/2007, you wrote: <Snip> --=====================_9965562==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Thank you, Frank. I do see where in my mind I, at first, NOT now, thought if I spent more on everything I would roast better. Now I see that if I can improve any of a number of things I will make the coffee I have come fully to fruition. That means, to me, that the money should go to the green beans and roasting. I have a good drip brewer. Sure, I want something more, but it has to wait. If I had bought it first I would have had okay coffee taste more okay. Actually, I was buying from a roaster but still wanted it fresher, wanted to see what I could do and I wanted to have something to take my mind of some other things. I has worked. So, I will have a cool looking storage room for almost know money, just the big burlap bags for the wall and a few green bean storage bags, plus baskets to hold those, and, of course, plenty of the original plastic bags. It is strictly show and tell - other than keeping the room at the correct atmosphere as far as temperature and humidity and light go. Like you, I am the only coffee drinker here, and money is tight due to some things, so I don't feel right spending a lot and taking away from others just for me. That doesn't mean I don't do some, as I described, but I am careful. Some time the day will arrive when I can get a vacuum brewer, but not yet. I have a great machine, I have all of you from which to learn, and a world of beans to try. I honestly think I have it pretty good. Thank you for your suggestions. Trust me, I print some and file them by topic, others I color label on my email client to let me know that a particular email has certain information. I use 7 colors. One more way for me to have fun with all of this. Thank you. At 11:18 AM 8/1/2007, you wrote: Gail/Stephen, I use SM 2# cloth bags (not the burlap) to store my coffee. My last order, I ordered the same number of bags as 2# batches of beans and the beans were shipped in the plastic baggies inside the cloth bags. I just emptied the beans from the plastic to the cloth when I received them. This is fine for me. I do not order stashes of beans for months on end for storage like many do. I like to drink up one order before placing another--this way I'm always trying out Tom's newly received beans. But, I would imagine that they could be stored in these cotton sacks for several months without being any more of a problem than storage in burlap or plastic (only guessing here, no facts to back it up , though). I haven't had any problems with the cloth bags but could imagine there being a couple. One is the drawstring used. Although it hasn't done it, yet, I guess it could come unravelled and cause problems (but for the cheap price of new bags, no big deal for me--Mr. Cheapskate, even). The only other problem is that it can not be tied tight enough at the top to prevent possible bug infestation, although I have not had that problem, either (can the burlap be secured better?). Again, I only store coffee up for 1 or 2 months or so in these bags (and I do reuse them). Stephen, I am relatively new to this site like you (been here 3 or 4 months or so), but really enjoy the company and coffee here. In the short time my old body has been here, I have become a "coffeegeek" so to speak (a good thing ) and almost, but not quite, a "coffee fanatic" (also, a good thing, I think ). The difference being (to me, anyway), that I do not spend a lot of money on my equipment (only because I am a Cheapskate, "and", don't have the extra money to "splurge"). I just can not justify the huge jump in cost in equipment (to my wife, the "boss" and "accountant" of the house (who is not a coffee drinker)) to get "maybe" minimal (or maximum-I will never know till I try it, will I?) dividends in extra taste/flavor. Anyway, I can see that you are really enjoying your coffee. I do envy your being able to taste/describe the different flavors that you are getting from the coffee. I have only been able to do that occasionally. Sometimes, I get "hints" of different flavors, but just can not place what they are. Sorry for the long rambling post. Good luck, Frank homeroast mailing list http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroastTo change your personal list settings (digest options, vacations, unsvbscribes) go to http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings--=====================_9965562==.ALT-- |