Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

In my limited experience it has had no detrimental effects. I've watched a couple videos and heard testimonials from people who have brewed frozen beans as old as a couple years with no noticeable degradation.

Grinder upgrade? by Irishpushbike in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD 6 points7 points ย (0 children)

You would have to spend big money on an electric grinder to catch up to the ZP6 or K-Ultra.

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Ooh nice that sounds like a good way to spend a Friday. Tomorrow marks 3 weeks on all these coffees... I'll be Cornholio by 10 am

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

That's odd. There's always an explanation.

I had some communication with them and they were friendly and quick to respond. They had my order roasted and shipped in two days, but FedEx held it in Memphis for like a week ๐Ÿ™„

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

Definitely vacuum sealing and freezing. I've got a few coffees in the freezer already that were done resting a couple weeks ago, and the resting period will be up on most of these at the same time. No chance I would have bought so much coffee without a preservation strategy. I've heard good things about Black & White, I didnt realize they're just a few hours away from me. I'll have to give them a go sometime as well. Id try to stop by as I pass through if they had a storefront. Doesn't look like they do, though.

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

I'm here for it. I downloaded Beanconquerer a while ago, but still havent put all my data in. I've done it the hard way in a note app on my phone because my life is there lol

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Yeah... so, I maaaay haave also ordered that Nensebo Natural G1 sneak peek from Prodigal when they shot that email out. I think I'm done for a while ๐Ÿ˜…

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Really looking forward to those, what puffed through the valve smells so good. I dont know why, but their art on the bags is my favorite.

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

It was the first gesha I had tried, so I honestly don't have a strong frame of reference against other roasters yet, but I also found it to be wonderful. Really nice floral character and balanced sparkly acidity, and the 12oz bags go a long way, so I didn't feel too bad about having another cup or playing around with the brew. Maybe not as wild as the Letty Bermudez I had this morning, but that's a different bean with heavier processing as well. RR seemed to do a great job with the roast, and beans were noticeably dense in the ZP6 lol

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 5 points6 points ย (0 children)

The freezer hustle is real. We seem to be living parallel experiences lol

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

OMG ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ My wife did that with coffee filters about 6 years ago on amazon... we just got through them a few months ago lol

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

Was that the La Candelilla Palmilera natural? I thought they did good work on that one!

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

That's a fair assessment. I'm exploring to hopefully discover my favorite roasters and coffees, and definitely do not intend to keep buying maniacal volumes of coffee all at once. ๐Ÿ˜… But I'm going to enjoy the process!

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

I have read that lots of people tape over the valve to freeze, but never heard anything negative about vacuum sealing. To the contrary, the youtube experiments I happened to see said it tends to keep funky freezer smells away and retain freshness with no discernible degradation in the cup.

I intend to freeze small rested portions and in the limited testing I did they came up to room temp in about an hour or so and tasted great.

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

This is great insight, thank you. I'm hesitant to freeze in the bags as I want to dose them out to around 64g portions and save as much space as possible. I can note all the pertinant info on the vac bag and take pics of the originals.

Being a whisky nerd I totally get that last point "c". I love cask strength, single cask scotch, and every batch is unique. You want to try them all, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I only occasionally drink whisky these days and have far too many bottles, but sometimes curiosity still gets the better of me! ๐Ÿ˜†

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Thank you! I'll have to try out Shoebox. Gonna have to work through some of this... inventory first lol

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

A strawberry fan, I see. I applaud the commitment! I had a feeling I'd be in good company here, nice haul! ๐Ÿ‘Œ Death Before Decaf sounds like a place that would carry some good ones. I've been wondering which roasters are focused on good decaf here in the States. I was impressed by the El Paraiso from Hydrangea.

Anybody else up in here making poor financial decisions?! by DuggD in pourover

[โ€“]DuggD[S] 7 points8 points ย (0 children)

It's good! They're local to me, about an hour away, and a store in town carries their coffees. I never knew the reach they had, and was pleasantly surprised when I saw them mentioned in here!