Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Acad. Revisited, OOC02

[renau1g]

there was one coffee shop that bought teir coffee from a st. louis coffee roaster called northwest coffee company, i think, and i found their coffees very much to my liking. the only problem is that i havae to buy in quantities of 5 lbs and dont have the funds to do that at this time.

Hey Scott, I just got my order by mail (along with a $25 custom's invoice ) and tried the Papua New Guinea. I must admit it was significantly better than Starbucks, smooth and flavourful. The unfortunate part is that I was their first international order (YAY!) and they realized that they aren't well set-up to handle those requests, so I'm SOL if I want more.

I have become a recent coffee snob. This is due to a couple of things. I inherited a very nice espresso/cappuccino maker and I started working for a guy who's wife owns a couple of coffee plantations down in Nicaragua. Small plantations where they due environmentally friendly shade grown volcano soil stuff with traditional sun drying porches. I felt the need to figure out the new toy and along the way decided that the reason I hadn't been a coffee fan for the first 40 years or so of my life was the that I was drinking poorly made coffee from inferior beans.

Which brings me to my next point. Scotley, is there any chance that you could talk to "the guy" about potentially selling some of those good beans to me?

Thanks

 

[Scott DeWar]

you got charged an additional $25 (us) ot top of the base bean price? ouch! I am so very sorry.

I wonder why they have never gone intra-contenental international before?

 

[renau1g]

$25 CDN on top of base, but yeah. No biggie though, it still works out to less than Starbucks $/lb and I like it more.

 

[Scott DeWar]

better price and taste. then i diddn't do you wrong. ok. whew.

 

[Scotley]

Which brings me to my next point. Scotley, is there any chance that you could talk to "the guy" about potentially selling some of those good beans to me?
Thanks

You can order online here:

Café Las Flores

They are a pretty small organization and the coffee can only be found in stores in Nicaragua and at a few local shops here in Memphis. It isn't cheap, but if you want that authentic bold small batch central American flavor it is worth it. I hope they can handle the international order.

 

[renau1g]

You can order online here:

Café Las Flores

They are a pretty small organization and the coffee can only be found in stores in Nicaragua and at a few local shops here in Memphis. It isn't cheap, but if you want that authentic bold small batch central American flavor it is worth it. I hope they can handle the international order.

It's not too bad, with shipping about $16/lb. Again, not much different than what it would cost me up here.

 

[Leif]

Guys, I like coffee as much as the next person, and more than most, but for $16/pound, those coffee beans had BETTER be able to bow down and kiss my a**!!

 

[renau1g]

*Pfft* I'm not so lucky as you guys south of the border, even store-branded whole beans are $12/lb here. I guess I could get Foldger's for cheap, but I am not a fan...

 

[Scotley]

Ouch, that is pretty steep. We are in a coffee paradise down here. I rarely have to pay more than $9 a pound for good stuff, but I get the impression prices and quality get even better the further south you go.

 

[Leif]

Ouch is right! Shoot, I pause before paying $4.50 for a sack of beans. (btw, Folger's can kiss my a**, too!!) Since you're north of the border, you should stop drinking coffee altogether, and just drink more of that good Canadian whiskey! And then, soon, you wouldn't even CARE about coffee anymore!