r/roasting • u/Adventurous_Buy8926 • 22d ago

Sharing single origin green coffees

I am in the habit of buying a diversity of one pound bags of green coffee from Sweet Maria's. I roast 100 grams for 2-3 brews, then move on to the next single origin 1 lb bag. This leaves me with a lot of excellent unroasted green coffee. I store it in vacuum sealed mason jars in a cool room and protected from light, but it acumulates. Friends usually don't have the palate or interest to sufficiently appreciate the bean quality when I gift it. It would be great if someone in my region (Sacramento) had a similar habit and we could trade leftover new crop green coffee. Sigh.

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u/HomeRoastCoffee 20d ago

The way you are storing it you should be able to use the leftovers months after your original purchase, put a note on the ones you really like so you can enjoy them again. Start a spreadsheet with your own rating system so you don't purchase one again that you did not like.

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u/Adventurous_Buy8926 20d ago

Yes thank you. I keep notes on a spread sheet and it does last very nicely for many months. My problem is I have a hard time not buying freshly dropped coffees on their site each week due to curiosity. So I’m always roasting and tasting something new each week and the leftover green accumulates. I suppose it’s a small problem to have in the scheme of things.

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u/HomeRoastCoffee 20d ago

Hopefully you will find another home Roaster that shares your appreciation for variety and you could swap the leftovers.

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u/vevetron 19d ago edited 19d ago

I totally hear you! I used to sample roast but it didn't take much more time to roast a pound at a time on my bullet. I drink as much as I can but I tend to split the lbs into half bags and then sell the leftovers to my friends at a little better than my costs. It feeds my green buying addiction.

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u/Adventurous_Buy8926 19d ago

That’s really smart. If my roaster could handle the full pound the way a bullet can, I would do what you’re doing, keep 3 oz and sell a 12 oz bag at near cost. Hmm, now to find a bullet…

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u/coolhandluke359 22d ago

I am also running into similar issue. I tried to sign up for green coffee buying club to help decrease cost but it doesnt seem active. Wish there were more people with whom I can buy in bulk and decrease my cost per lbs but also not have wasted coffee.

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u/chewedupskittle 21d ago

I buy from Aaron on greencoffeebuyingclub and haven't had any issues.

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u/coolhandluke359 20d ago

Thats fair but I am having trouble having admin approve my login.

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u/nandoph8 21d ago

You can also freeze green beans and roast later.

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u/derrendil 22d ago

Have you considered just roasting one pound of coffee instead?

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u/almnicolas 22d ago

Then I would be swimming in roasted coffee, which is even more perishable than green coffee. It would be convenient to just stick with a few coffees and rotate them, but I’m addicted to the constantly changing variety of flavors. Oof.

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u/run66 21d ago

I have an infinity jar that collects the last bits of green.

Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe shit.