Quality un-roasted green beans tend to be in the range of $6 to $8 a pound. On a light roast, about 15% of the weight is lost in roasting. $6 to $8 a pound un-roasted coffee turns into $6.90 to $9.20 a pound roasted. This doesn't include cost of the equipment, wear and tear and electricity.

It seems like the going price of artisanal roasted coffee is $12 to $18 pound. IMO, is completely justifiable to charge based on their wholesale cost of goods and labor costs these days.

I also home roast 80% of my beans. I've been home roasting for over 25 years. I'm receiving 25 pounds from Sweet Marias today. I picked up 5 pounds each of the following:

-Congo Organic Kivu Kalehe

-Costa Rica Tarrazú Cerro La Cruz

-Java Pulp Natural Gambung Robusta

-Ethiopia Dry Process Mahamed Aba Nura

-Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu Peaberry

I'm looking forward to playing around with blending with the Java Robusta

Stumptown are great roasters. I love to experiment with local roasters. I travel quite a bit and I try to pick up a pound from a local roaster wherever I go. I used be pretty smug in thinking that the top tier roasters in San Francisco would beat a small town roaster every time. My opinion has changed, I've been super impressed by a lot of smaller roaster.

It seems like we are both aware that lots of beans not labeled as espresso are great for it. I tend to go for light to medium roasts for both pour overs and espresso. I also prefer malty/chocolatey profile beans over the citrusy ones. That is not a hard rule but light roasted citrusy beans can be overwhelming in espresso

A community for National Parks

So many pots!

Great pictures! Ancestral Puebloans did amazing stuff. Items(parrots, cacao) from the Yucatan Peninsula have been found around Mesa Verde. Blows me away that a trade network was that large.

Check this 800+ year old mug out!

Also, the evidence is very damning. This will be a hard case to win for Trump. Do you want to be the lawyer that lost the case that sent Trump to jail? I mean, I would love to be that lawyer but I'm not a lawyer so I don't care about my reputation

Fuck ya!

The Jokic brothers tossing Malone is hilarious