Thanks for all the “useful” information about how y’all store your coffee after roasting. I fully repent and tear out my fingernails, etc for sending HTML. Uhh… hey Tom… what if we were just poor college students, and we wanted to order a sample half pound of coffee… just to see what it’s like. Suppose we liked the idea of the shopping cart system, but couldn’t use it because it doesn’t list such increments. Suppose we got really withdrawn and stopped interacting socially, and sat in our empty bathtubs all day. Suppose that one of us, who probably doesn’t have a right to be flapping his jaws so much, suggested that a fourth column be added to the coffee offerings order page… one for half pound orders. This would be tricky, because “they” would be limited to four such selections, but it would be nice, nonetheless. Must be irritating measuring out all those little half-pound baggies. “They” can be cruel. -JIm m o r g a n t o w n , w vhttp://JIm.tripod.com |
Ok, see here's the choice... supply the student with 1/2 packages OR pay someone to fill the student's tub with cold water. Hmmm... let me think.... So what's your major? Ted At 01:31 PM 3/29/2000 -0500, you wrote: snip <Snip> snip <Snip> |
Only a ten pound button will get me outa my tub. Andy Bloomington Indiana WBI*BodumSant*Drip*Press*Whirley* ----Original Message Follows---- From: JIm Saborio Reply-To: homeroast To: "Sweet Maria's Home Roasing List" Subject: + feedback half-pounds Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:31:26 -0500 Thanks for all the “useful” information about how y’all store your coffee after roasting. I fully repent and tear out my fingernails, etc for sending HTML. Uhh… hey Tom… what if we were just poor college students, and we wanted to order a sample half pound of coffee… just to see what it’s like. Suppose we liked the idea of the shopping cart system, but couldn’t use it because it doesn’t list such increments. Suppose we got really withdrawn and stopped interacting socially, and sat in our empty bathtubs all day. Suppose that one of us, who probably doesn’t have a right to be flapping his jaws so much, suggested that a fourth column be added to the coffee offerings order page… one for half pound orders. This would be tricky, because “they” would be limited to four such selections, but it would be nice, nonetheless. Must be irritating measuring out all those little half-pound baggies. “They” can be cruel. -JIm m o r g a n t o w n , w vhttp://www.hotmail.com">http://JIm.tripod.comGet Your Private, Free Email athttp://www.hotmail.com |
I hate to say we arent offering 1/2 lb selections at all. Its just a
logistical nightmare. If you came to the shop I could show you why ...
What I am going to do is have a re-orderable sampler "grab-bag" of 1/2
lb'ers... a way to try coffees you may not usually try, and get a good deal.
But in terms of people ordering specific 1/2 lbs we cant do it. Hopefully
the extensive reviews will guide you in your choices... I toyed with the
idea of a 1/2 lb surcharge... something about that notion really disagrees
with me, it just seems wierd, like paying for something you are not
getting...
Tom
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In a message dated 3/29/00 8:25:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, sweetmaria writes: <Snip> deal. <Snip> How about another Roastbusters pack??? |
Tom wrote: <Snip> But they are getting something, namely your time and effort. Still, I agree with you that it is not worth it. The sampler is a good compromise. A friend of a friend bought some green coffee in the market at Sana (Yemen) in 1993 and brought it back and kept it carefully but by the time she decided to roast it, her friend who ran the roastery in town had retired, and our mutual friend introduced her to me and with great anticipation we roasted up a batch... well, it was mediocre. And once again I had cause to thank you, cupping vigourously and rejecting all the so-so stuff so that we can enjoy great coffee. Any decision that keeps you sane and in control of the process is just fine with me. --PR |
That's really disappointing because presonally I'd like to buy individual be ans. You could have a webcam - either one per sack or one that we could rem otely control. I'd look into the sack via the web cam and choose the bean I wanted and click on the "buy one bean" button. My order would be something like one bean of mandheling, a big green one, no, not that one, the one next to it! OK, go to the St helena bag, get that peaberrry down there. great! and if I saw three or 4 beans in a particular sack I wanted, of course I'd e xpect a discount... More convenient with the "One-Up" Roaster, you know... :) (Just a JOKE!!!!!) obviously there's nothing inherently wrong with half pound orders, but a lin e's gotta be drawn somewhere and each store owner has to draw the line where it works for them. Bob C. rcantor |
At 10:29 PM 3/30/2000 -0600, you wrote: <Snip> snip Bob, I'll split a bean order with you! Ted |
You guys, Robert and Simpson and others always beat me to a smart ass reply. You guys are taking over, I feel left out. I am depressed because my grinder is working just fine and I have nothing to do. My wife wont let me brew beer in the house cause it makes the dog howl. You all talked about Irish Whiskey and stuff like that, didn't mention Canadian Rye or even Canadian Club, you guys don't like Canucks? Didn't buy a HWP or a Alpenroast, can't use up my time calling customer service and can't wire my Alpenroast as a bomb. All I can do is sit here and read and delete, read and delete, drink coffee and smile. Anybody going to Sandpoint next week look for me. Cheers Dick Simpson wrote: <Snip> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard (Dick) Heggs Beautiful Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Homeroasting P(Mark I),espresso, drip--since 1997-established 1938http://members.home.net/espressomio/ |
<< That's really disappointing because presonally I'd like to buy individual > >beans. > snip > > Bob, I'll split a bean order with you! > Come on now, let's get just a little more serious please. Someone needs to post the proper method to brew these 1/2 teaspoon (1/4 tsp?) batches of coffee. And maybe Tom sells the special little spoons to serve them in. Not too thick, kind of a thin lipped spoon so we don't loose the flavor all together. I'm not goin' to sign this one! |
At 9:19 AM -0500 4/1/00, TFisher511 wrote: <Snip> That's OK, we know who you are. ;B -- "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." -- George Dubya "Shrub" Bush, Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000 |
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Actually, I spend my free time (from 2:45 to 3:58 AM) working on my new
patent: The single bean coffee roaster! its a highly focused laser that
applies all its energy to a single rotating coffee bean. I also have my
lo-tech model. It involves sticking the coffee bean in your ear and
running a half-marathon in Death valley, thus roasting the bean. I have
other great ideas too: the home use roller mill to name one! Okay, time to
go to bed...
Tom
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<Snip> From how far back in this thread have you folks been kidding? -- PR, from cyberspace, the world's largest irony-free zone |
<Snip> Ahem... you stole that idea from me, but you didn't even get as far along as when I published it last year or so... It takes 2 lasers, one red one blue to penetrate the bean so the interior gets cooked to the same degree as the exterior. BTW, UPS stabbed my last order from you a thousand times and it was leaking beans. They just picked it up from me yesterday. pleas e save me a new supply of the same stuff. thanks! Bob C. rcantor |