Coffee for beer trade

[Banjo-guy]

My friend buys high end coffee beans and roasts them himself. We are going to trade homebrew for coffee. How many bottles would you trade for a pound of high end exotic coffee?

[Gymrat]

As a coffee roaster myself I think a 12 pack for a pound would be fair. He isn't paying that much per pound until he pays shipping.

[Inkleg]

I wouldn't hesitate to give him a mixed sizer of my best. But I have a nice pipeline and love of coffee on par with my love of beer.
I would also get together with him and come up with a nice Coffee Porter or Stout recipe to brew with his coffee.

[russki]

I wouldn't hesitate to give him a mixed sizer of my best. But I have a nice pipeline and love of coffee on par with my love of beer.
I would also get together with him and come up with a nice Coffee Porter or Stout recipe to brew with his coffee.

A sixer (or 3 bombers) for a pound seem reasonable; now if it's something truly high end (kopi luwak anyone?), maybe a 12-pack.

Speaking of coffee, after trying a ton of stuff, my current favorite is Community Coffee Private Reserve Espresso (whole bean of course). Have it on Amazon subscription - ends up around $8 for a 12 oz bag, and it's damn good.

[Banjo-guy]

A six pack for a pound seems like a good basic exchange.
I've never sat down and figured out what a batch of home costs when you add up every expense including shipping and propane or electricity.

One thing that I know is that an all grain batch takes me at least 7-8 hours from prep to bottle.
I'm not figuring that into the cost because it's my choice to spend my time brewing.

[Beer-lord]

I wouldn't hesitate to give him a mixed sizer of my best. But I have a nice pipeline and love of coffee on par with my love of beer.
I would also get together with him and come up with a nice Coffee Porter or Stout recipe to brew with his coffee.

A sixer (or 3 bombers) for a pound seem reasonable; now if it's something truly high end (kopi luwak anyone?), maybe a 12-pack.

Speaking of coffee, after trying a ton of stuff, my current favorite is Community Coffee Private Reserve Espresso (whole bean of course). Have it on Amazon subscription - ends up around $8 for a 12 oz bag, and it's damn good.

I'm not a big coffee drinker but everyone here drinks coffee & chickory and I am not a big fan. Pure coffee is the best and I like Costa Rican blends best. It's been over a decade but last time I went we brought 9 pounds back home with us.

I agree a sixer of homebrew or local craft beer seems to be a fair trade.
My LHBS has been pushing coffee beans for a while and I never gave it a thought until now.

[russki]

I'm not a big coffee drinker but everyone here drinks coffee & chickory and I am not a big fan.

I'm usually not a fan of lettuce in my coffee, but anytime I'm in NO, I have to stop at Cafe Du Monde for chicory coffee and beignets. Mmm...

[Beer-lord]

Well, you put enough fat milk in it and it's gonna taste good.
Isn't chicory the roots of the plant and not the plant?

Anyway, even for a so-so coffee drinker, nothing beats fresh coffee beans.

[russki]

Well, you put enough fat milk in it and it's gonna taste good.
Isn't chicory the roots of the plant and not the plant?

Anyway, even for a so-so coffee drinker, nothing beats fresh coffee beans.

Chicory is the whole plant (also known as radiccio or endive lettuce), but you're right, they use its root for coffee purposes

[Kealia]

now if it's something truly high end (kopi luwak anyone?), maybe a 12-pack.

Not to stray too far off topic, but how long before hops go this route, too?
I mean, aside from the new strains that are constantly being developed what is the next biggest thing in hops going to be? I'm saying that this is it, mark my words.

In fact, I'm going to go so far as to trademark a term now to protect my interests and prevent Wings_Fan_In_KC from getting a free ride: Monkey Guts(TM) will be the hop craze in 5 years.

And every time somebody either uses the term or uses the hops, you owe $1.00. I won't be interested in a bottle of beer using them, sorry.

[Wings_Fan_In_KC]

Rats! Foiled again!