All roasted coffees are now listed as the size of bag you want, green coffee bean listings will change soon too. I am hoping this will cut down on order errors. Thank You for the input to help me make this site easier to shop!
I tried to make the site easier to navigate when I made the size an option that added the proper amount to get the right price. We got more help requests because of that change we are now listing coffees in each size available.
Our Coffee barn has been custom roasting for As Green As It Gets for over a year. It just seemed funny for us to keep buying our Guatemalan coffee from anyplace else. On August 11 2011 I called AGAIG and now we are buying our Antigua direct from the growers! This is just one of a few coffees I hope to buy direct like this. Remember Direct Trade is getting all of the money back to the growers and IMHO is far better than any Fair Trade Certified coffee.
As I write this post a new Roasters Rant video is being uploaded to our YouTube Channel, I will post the video here too when it is ready.
To explain the price better, we paid $2.74 per pound for these beans as green coffee beans. When roasted they lose 20% weight. Now our raw material cost is $3.29 per lb. Roasting costs include LP gas, electricity, insurance, and wages for the roaster adds close to $1.00 per pound. Now we still need to tag and bag it then box it for shipping this will add about $0.25 per pound. After all that you would think any fees are done, well think again, we need to pay the credit card companies for handling the transactions a $0.35 per transaction fee PLUS 3.2% of the transaction. So in the end our COST is VERY close to $4.50 per pound! All that we really make is the wages to roast it and little to NO actual profit!
