Where do you gets your beans?

Roasting on the Bullet R1
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Hey all, still getting my new roaster setup. I have all the ventilation and filtration pieces and i’m ready to order some green coffee!

Where do you all get your green coffee from? Where’s the best place to get some cheap beans for seasoning (assuming I do 4-5 seasoning roasts at 500g each)?

Thanks!

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Some of the popular sources here in the U.S. are:

Sweet Maria’s
Genuine Origin
Hacea

If you procure beans from them, you’ll find those beans available to add to your Bean inventory in Roast World, often with some sample roasts from other users to give you a starting point.

Hacea in particular sells “drum seasoning beans” that are not meant for consumption; they are meant only to be roasted for seasoning and discarded.

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Koepoort Koffie - based in Rotterdam, NL - ship all over Europe with orders starting from 1kg

Falcon - based in Lewes, UK - ship all over UK, Europe and Asia with orders starting from 1kg

Both have a great range (of origins and price points)

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I think if you search the forum there was a thread about sourcing beans. It all depends on where you are located.

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I’m in the US and buy from Coffee Bean Corral. If you buy in large quantities then their commercial branch - Rancher - is a possibility. And Sweet Maria’s is always a good choice.

Bruce

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Yes, there’s this one for Europe…

Green bean sourcing in Europe - Coffee Talk - Roast World Community

As for US, it’s pretty much everywhere on the forum. You can also try the chaotic and overcrowded vendor list on Roast.World. Most of these sell only to businesses, but there are many that will happily sell as little as you want. The trick is finding them, but you have filters to sort that out. Once you find something of interest, go check their website, rinse and repeat. It is an arduous process, but you could find something of interest. It’s much worse when you’re a business because there’s more to go through. I think I’ve spent a good portion of my life just browsing through all the options. :smiley:

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By no means an actual list but a few vendors targeting home brewers in this thread Checking green bean supplier reference - #25 by blacklabs and this one references a list on home-barista.com Wholesale beans

Take them for what they are worth

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Hey there,
Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders in SOCAL is my go to green bean supplier. Great quality, customer service and fair pricing along with free shipping with a $59 or more order.
Happy Roasting!