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What are "Farm Grade Coffee Beans"
PeteH	#1 Posted on 02/16/2008 7:34 PM
1/4 Pounder Posts: 109 Joined: January 29, 2008	I have noticed a seller on E-Bay selling green Farm Grade Coffee Beans from Vietnam. I think Farm Grade would mean that the beans might have small pieces of twigs and rocks in them but don't know for sure. They are supposedly Arabica beans but I would question the quality of them. 10# of them including shipping is about $2.20 per #. Usually if something sounds too good to be true it usually is too good to be true. Anyone know anything about them? When I was in Vietnam way back in 1968-69 they had a native coffee that was very strong and sort of bitter but they put a lot of sugar and milk in it and it wasn't too bad. Wonder if this is what it was? (now you folks know about how old I am too) Pete
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seedlings	#2 Posted on 02/16/2008 8:51 PM
1 1/2 Pounder Posts: 4226 Joined: June 27, 2007	I'm not sure about "farm grade" beans, but what you say makes sense. I did a quick search on eBay and only found some Blue Cloud roasted coffee. Do you have the link to the auction? CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover


PeteH	#3 Posted on 02/16/2008 9:00 PM
1/4 Pounder Posts: 109 Joined: January 29, 2008	Quote seedlings wrote: I'm not sure about "farm grade" beans, but what you say makes sense. I did a quick search on eBay and only found some Blue Cloud roasted coffee. Do you have the link to the auction? CHAD I think you found them, here's a link. http://tinyurl.co... After doing a little searching on a couple of other coffee forums it seems the Vietnamese beans are held in very low regard. Pete Edited by seedlings on 03/03/2008 3:45 PM
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Kaffee Bitte	#4 Posted on 02/16/2008 9:10 PM
1 1/2 Pounder Posts: 613 Joined: May 11, 2007	Vietnamese coffees are usually horrible. About a year ago I bought five pounds from Blue Cloud, because they were CHEAP and I thought I could at least use them for practice. They were quite bad. Tasted like tar even with a light roast. Would not recommend them unless you buy them just to use to test a new roaster. I think I will buy some more eventually though for that reason. Most of the coffee that is grown in Vietnam is robusta, even in the highish altitudes. The robusta is said to be some of the worst robusta, as well. On the other hand I just finished off some Laos Fair Trade Arabica that was actually quite good. It had a nice thick body with some wild blood orange acidity and sweetness. Very interesting. Lynn "Some days it's spice, other days it's bitter dirt."
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farmroast	#5 Posted on 03/03/2008 9:22 AM
1/2 Pounder Posts: 295 Joined: December 20, 2006	generally, farm grade/estate run are unsorted/not screened for size and sometimes less sorted for trash and defect beans. farmroast Ed B. DreamRoast 1kg roaster, Levers, Hand Mills http://coffee-roa...gspot.com/


seedlings	#6 Posted on 03/03/2008 3:48 PM
1 1/2 Pounder Posts: 4226 Joined: June 27, 2007	I'm just taking notes. Thanks, Lynn & Ed. CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover

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