ANYONE ROAST THEIR OWN COFFEE...part two?
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Kstme

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 01:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I knew I should have bumped the orginal thread up to the top, but I didn't so...here goes part 2.

Gail...did you have any trouble getting in touch with the guy at Fresh Roast? I've left two messages...said he was supposed to be back "Wednesday"...well...today IS Wednesday! Admittedly, he didn't indicate "which" Wednesday!

I broke a small piece of plastic on my roasting chamber and now the glass wants to come out of it's sleeve! Not a good idea when it's HOT! I "can" still roast though!!!! About how long did it take them to get your replacement part out to you?

Gail

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 03:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kstme - I emailed him on a Monday morning, had an answer with price, etc that afternoon, called him with my credit card info later Monday afternoon and had the part on Thursday via priority mail. Those darn roasting chambers are a pain, aren't they? I think it was $8 or $10 - I ordered two so I wouldn't be without again.

Gail

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is the guy that I contacted there:

Freshroast Contact Information: Tim Skaling, Fresh Beans, Inc. 427
Industrial Way, Unit D, Fallbrook, CA 92028 Phone: (760)723-2826 Fax:
(760)723-4644 Email: skales@tfb.com

Kstme

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail...that's the guy! Wondering if he's on vacation? Seems like a "small" operation, doesn't it?? I'll leave another message tomorrow! Afterall, I've nothing better to do...LOL

YES! I agree the chambers are a PAIN, but I LOVE the coffee!! Like you...I'm getting two...super klutz here!!

Gail

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you try sending an email to him? Maybe he is on vacation like you said or maybe there is a family thing or maybe . . . he is at home watching BB Live Feeds? You just never know.

Kstme

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL...hmmmm...wondering!

Yes, sent email this afternoon! Hopefully, he'll tear himself away from whatever (bb) and get back to me!!

Kstme

Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail...you're going to love this!!! Tim called this morning and I placed my order...he quoted $17.95 A PIECE for the roasting chambers! I told him someone I knew had gotten them for around $10...LOL...I got the two at $10 a piece! Seems we got the "wholesale" price on the chambers! I DID tell him I would pay the full price without a problem, but he insisted!

Faerygdds

Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow... talk about it paying to know someone!!!

:)

Kstme

Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Faery...it really was funny! I also asked his opinion of Sweet Maria's and he had ONLY praise for Tom and his wife! It was SO NICE to hear that!!

Kstme

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WOW! I put in my order on the first and it arrived TODAY! Customer service with a smile!!!

Also...for any tea drinkers out there...I've purchased some tea from Peets Coffee and Tea and they are fabulous!! I like a cup of tea in the afternoon...winter or summer and I'm almost as picky about my tea as I am my coffee!LOL Peets is well worth the price and the service is FAST!

Sherbear

Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 09:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am interested in getting a coffee roaster for my husband for christmas. Any advice? The website I have is sweet marie.

Thanks Sher

Gail

Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 09:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SweetMarie's is an excellent site. They have terrific service and they are pretty friendly.

I have the Fresh Roaster Plus. I think it was around $$70 or so plus I got the sampler packs with it. Now, if you have a little money to spend, I think I would go for that fancier roaster (Alpine Roaster?) for $200+. Just for me, I have to load my roaster 3 times to make enough for me for the week. It takes awhile and it is very noisy. It would be great to be able to just run the roaster one time - I think the alpine roaster will roast 1/2 pound at a time.

All a matter of how serious a coffee drinker your husband is.

Reader234

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
tea??? I thought I smelled something good!! What kind of tea??? I used to have a source for good tea leaves, with cinnamon, and orange peels, and *no* cloves!! (cloves ewwww!! *G) Anyway, it dissolved....

Then there was the Sanfrancisco tea company, and the cinnamon tea, smells oh so wonderful, but no tea leaves, tea crumbs, and its ok in my tea pot, but if there is a source out there... really curious!!

Kstme

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 04:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sherber...like Gail, I have the Fresh Roast and love it! It sounds like a hair dryer on high. I really find Sweet Maria's has the best prices and I've looked around A LOT!

Reader...I love all types of tea. This afternoon, I'm having Market Spice Tea from Seattle. It's a tea I've consumed since I was a child. Have you searched "Google.com"? Peets is out of SF, but not the same place, I'm sure.

Uhoh

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 12:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i just came over to this area, and how great to see a home-roasting thread!

i've been home roasting for a couple of years, and have to say tom (of sweet maria's) is the greatest. he also has a wonderful homeroast mailing list.

(no - i'm not related, haven't even met tom, but he and maria are moving the business to the sf bay area from ohio, and i can't wait to go to his shop and get my green in person!)

Gail

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhoh - that's cool! Are the instructions for the mailing list on their website?

Kstme

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 04:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhoh and Gail...I signed up at the website months ago and NEVER have gotten an email yet. In fact, I tried to sign up again (CRS) and it said I was already on the list. hmmmmm

Whit4you

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 04:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm not a coffee drinker myself - but my roommate is thought I'd see if my lil grandson might like coffee today.

Gues what - he doesn't LOL!!!!

He's 21 months now - and I got him to tell my roommate how icky coffee is - the look on his lil face as he explained that coffe is icky - was sooo priceless. LOL.

Offered him more coffe but he declined. :)

Gail

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 06:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kstme - When I order stuff from them I get a newsletter in the packages. I wonder if that counts.

Kstme

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail...maybe??? I get those too. I had to order a new carafe for my 48oz. French Press this morning...TWO in fact...always smart to have a spare...duh!LOL I am such a KLUTZ! I go to the website about once a week just to see what new and that's how I've been keeping up...

Uhoh

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
kstme - i'm not sure why you didn't get automatically added, except that tom is in the middle of a move to the west coast and perhaps things are temporarily in upheaval - i don't know.

try again - and for others interested in home roasting, here's a link to sign up:
http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast

it's an ACTIVE list! man, when i get behind reading... it's a lot. i've got it set up to go into its own folder, so that helps a little :)

tom is incredible. he doesn't just sell green beans, he is a passionate coffee person and this is an example of someone doing what they love. he samples/cups every coffee before buying, and if there's a coffee that doesn't meet his criteria, he won't carry it.

i've gotten so i buy 95 percent of my green from him because the quality is amazing.

sheesh - i sound like his mother or something! but you'll find a lot of passionate people on the mailing list, and after a while, there's nothing about his coffees and the way he does business not to love!

Kstme

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 04:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhoh...Tom is in and all settled (well, sort of...) in SF! I agree with you TOTALLY! I buy all my green beans from him and I have "looked" elsewhere, but he is the BEST and his prices are the BEST too!

He is amazingly accurate about the beans! I find that to be a godsend as I like quite a few different regions and varieties. Not to sound like a coffee snob (SERIOUSLY)...I can cup and taste different coffees and be about 92% accurate.

I'll join his "Pep Club" anytime!

Kstme

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bump...just cause...you NEVER know...

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Kstme. Bigdog was just asking about green coffee.

Gail

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I slowed down just a bit on roasting - I've been pretty busy lately with a lot of things. Plus, I bought all the coffee at work for the coffee fund and made sure we had something pretty decent (and drinkable). I liked the home roasted coffee so much that I was drinking too much of it on an empty stomach and could feel it burn when I ate spicy food.

So, I am saving home roast for weekends. Nothing beats it, that's for sure.

Kstme

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OH NO Gail! At least you can fully enjoy on the weekends! Seems my thermal carafe is always empty by two in the afternoon! It was never that way before I started roasting my own.

Right now I'm playing around with different blends again! Got one with 5 different beans that's pretty good but I don't know if I will ever be able to repeat it!

Juju...home roasting is the BEST!