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Permalink Reply by Jared Rutledge on May 25, 2010 at 11:02am

looks like you're getting a lot of your coffee from coffeeshrub, who i have a great respect for. if you're already clued in enough to buy great green coffee, why ruin it by shipping it ground up? it loses half its flavor 15-30 minutes post grind

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Permalink Reply by Kirk on May 25, 2010 at 11:07am

That's exactly what I'm going around with my client about. However, they ARE local and are our largest client. They buy quite a bit of whole-bean from us and do grind just before brew - but they'd also like some pre-packaged, pre-ground, pre-measured coffee of ours for use in other parts of their campus (its a church). I've told them they should go pre-grind fresh stuff in the morning on the grinder in the kitchen, then use that during the day - but they say its too much work. I won't lose them if I don't provide this - but I could get more volume from them by offering it. But I'm not yet sure I want more volume if it means our coffee is going out at a lower quality.

Jared Rutledge said:

looks like you're getting a lot of your coffee from coffeeshrub, who i have a great respect for. if you're already clued in enough to buy great green coffee, why ruin it by shipping it ground up? it loses half its flavor 15-30 minutes post grind

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Permalink Reply by Jared Rutledge on May 25, 2010 at 11:17am

ah, like they want stuff for people in various parts of the office to make in a mr. coffee without having to go to the kitchen. i get it.

if that's the case, just buy some cheap greens of whatever, make a "blend," grind and measure it, get one of those little vacuum sealers and use that. if they're doing it per pot i wouldn't worry about getting a one-way valve on the bags or anything. just some foil bags and a little heat sealer should do the trick. just make sure they know you're not claiming to be giving them quality beans with the pre-ground stuff. that's what i'd do.

or you can make up some complex explanation about how coffee loses its caffeine very quickly once it's ground. it might not be true, but it'll get them to grind it fresh :P

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Permalink Reply by Kirk on May 25, 2010 at 11:23am

Any pointers on 'one of those little vacuum sealers'? Where to find, buy?

Jared Rutledge said:

ah, like they want stuff for people in various parts of the office to make in a mr. coffee without having to go to the kitchen. i get it.

if that's the case, just buy some cheap greens of whatever, make a "blend," grind and measure it, get one of those little vacuum sealers and use that. if they're doing it per pot i wouldn't worry about getting a one-way valve on the bags or anything. just some foil bags and a little heat sealer should do the trick. just make sure they know you're not claiming to be giving them quality beans with the pre-ground stuff. that's what i'd do.

or you can make up some complex explanation about how coffee loses its caffeine very quickly once it's ground. it might not be true, but it'll get them to grind it fresh :P

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