(English) Looking for Specialty beans

Diskutiere (English) Looking for Specialty beans im Bohnen und Kaffee Forum im Bereich Rund um die Bohne; Hello, sorry for me writing in English, but truth is, I don't really speak any German. As I live in Europe, I'm looking for a source of good green...

  1. #1 OpiPoba, 18.07.2015
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    Hello, sorry for me writing in English, but truth is, I don't really speak any German.
    As I live in Europe, I'm looking for a source of good green beans, maybe you can point some at me that won't come up in Google as I can only look in English.
    I'd like to get Specialty quality, as to be sure about freshness, quality, etc, and be able to focus on roasting and brewing correctly them.

    Sorry if I've mistaken the section, but Google Translate wasn't really the most helpful thing in the world.
    Thank you anyway,
    Marco
     
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    Thank you for your reply and for the two links, I'll drop some emails.
    Didn't consider really important saying that I'm from Italy, it's quite hard finding here someone that has Specialty coffee, so I started looking in Europe. Shipping usually is not that much of a problem within EU.
    I'd like to get something to make my own espresso blend (I'd say, Brasil, Guatemala, Ethiopia and Indonesia), of course it's not much more than an experiment, and also something to brew as a SO, espresso an filter (maybe Kenya? El Salvador?). Thank you for your help.
     
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    Welcome to KN!

    On the coffee wiki is a list of resellers for green coffee beans, these resellers sell to consumers in small units (per kg): https://www.kaffeewiki.de/index.php?title=Rohkaffee_kaufen Even if it is in German, it is quite easy to navigate: Under "1. deutschsprachige Shops" you will find resellers located in Germany and with German homepages - you should have to contact them by mail to run the conversation in English, I guess for most of them it would not be a problem. Under "2. englischsprachige Shops" international resellers are listed - a few are located in Europe and well known for good quality as e.g. Hasbeen in UK or ongebrand in Netherlands (English Webshop).

    cheers, Olli
     
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    ich war schneller (I was faster). ;)
     
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    Thank you!
    I'll take a look at all of them and drop some email where I find stuff I like.
    Just a though on Ongebrand: are those coffee actually Specialty? I've seen some stuff I wouldn't consider such, not that I'm an expert though, just wondering.
    Thanks,
    Marco
     
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    Marco, what is your understanding of "speciality" coffee?
    Do you look for "luxury" (= high priced) origins as Jamaica Blue Mountain, Kopi Cofee etc...? Or do you want certifications as a.g "cup of excellence"? Or do you look for interessting Microlots incl info of the farming cooperative? For classification of quality you can take a look at the RolfG's link - in a nutshell the classifications give info about size and nr of defect beans.
     
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    What I mean talking about Specialty coffee is the definition they give at SCAE/A, as stated in RolfG's link, coffee that in a lot has no primary defects and less than five secondary defects. Usually I find this as Cup of Excellence, as micro/nanolots, etc, but maybe there's something I'm missing (=not getting) about this whole story that could help me out.
    Thank you!

    @RolfG.: Did you edit your message? I got two in the mail and here I found just one. I hope I didn't offend you.
     
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    Hallo Marco,
    here is a good adress in italy http://www.sandalj.com/
     
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    Thank you!, I'm waiting on their response to an email (I've used in the past the contact form but, either they didn't want to reply to me, or it doesn't work right - and for once I think it's the second one, as for how it works when using it).
    Thank you :)
     
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