60 KG BARTH
10 KG OZTURK
3 KG DEIDRICH

Colin,
Justin said you were interested in the temp IR temp meters we have in our warehouse. Let me know if you are still interested and i'll get them to you.

hello, nice to meet you as well. i've worked many different jobs where i am but currently oversee a region. we roast in the bay area, near berkeley. how long have you lived in portland?

Hi Colin!
nice web page, and big success in your business!!!
I am going to open my coffee lounge here in germany and the next step will be a coffee roaster. but for the moment keep beans moving ;)
Greetings
Rick

Unfortunately it's expensive to live where I am currently and working so much is an inevitable necessity, especially when you're trying to save. I would love to be able to afford some hefty traveling within the next few years, I hope..

So far I've only used one type of machine, in a small cafe. I think it was a 1lb coffee kinetics "Syd and Jerry's". It was simple to operate, it stopped the roast cycle at the defined temperature and not on a timer. The owner who trained me didn't really thoroughly explain what was going on. I used it for a few months and that was about two years ago.

In fact, I'm sorry to say that I still consider myself a complete newbie to this coffee world even though I'm working a full time and a part time job in it. i guess that's why i'm here on this website, just trying to learn something new every day..

Hi there! Nice to meet you, cheers!

We roast our own, and it's real good stuff. Come check it out sometime! If our roaster is around, I'm sure he'd love to talk about our different varietals and whatnot.

Things are good, thanks. :)
I work at Blue Gardenia. You?
I'm fairly new to the game (8 months in), but I really love it so It's always cool to meet others in the Portland coffee scene!

Cheers!

Colin, best of luck to you in your endeavor. I'm in the midst of something similar right now. I've actually connected with some guys in my area that have already made a connection with some farmers and we are partnering with them to better work with coffee farmers. Please keep me updated on your progress.

Yes Colin, there is tonnes of potential here. Essentially there are a few of us working on relatonship and sustainable coffee models here, its a handul. There are some bigger concerns- such as PPKGO...but no where near the numbers there should be. The problems are that while most communities are very keen to work towards direct trade, the traditional models where brokers pay very little, but forward a lot of credit in advance to keep farmers obligated to working for them (not with them) persist. Remoteness, lack of access to microcredit, lack of ability to reach the markets directly etc all handicap communities looking to break out of the traditional constraints put on the coffee businesss here. Willing yes, able yes...ale to deliver yes. Need a lot of guidance, most certainly

Gidday Colin...yeah I would just abot say you have hit the nail on its proverbial head. I love what I do and the chance to be able to directly witness the changes in communities we work with. West Java, where I am based is beautiful- not a hard place at all to be roasting coffee. Would love to have you visit- anytime! This is still a very much under achiever in terms of relationship coffee being implemented here. We do not have the proximity to the USA that producer countries in Central America have. Things are fortunatley changing, albeit slowly.

Hi Colin, I am a roaster working in many cases directly with farmers. Obviously I am lucky as I live and roast at origin...so its easier to do than if you are in Portland! Anyway, thought I would say Hi. If u end up wanting to do anything with Indonesian growers, give me a yell.

Nice to see a portlander on the bX. Stop by when you get the time so we can share a cuppa.

Welcome to bX Colin! Good to see another fellow Portlander.