RE: [OT] As a general repositry for all information unrelated to Home Automation...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > and use over a period of a month or so.
>=20
> Which is why I'd suggest that you buy green and roast them yourself as
th=
e
> beans are required. ;)

Oh thankyou - the kitchen has already been "taken over" by odd
looking
contraptions that scare the living crap out of the cat. One more will go
down well! :-D

> Yes I know it means buying a coffee roaster, but they're not that bad
fro=
m
> Red Monkey and it means that your beans then have a shelf life of two
> years
> as opposed to a month or so to be at their best. Pre-roasted beans
lose
> their flavour, they go kinda stale, if they're lying about for too
long.

Hmmmm ... the roasters on redmonkey are listed as being smokeless during
operation (does that mean that they smoke afterwards?) and guess =A3125
isn=
't
too bad...

> Try www.redmonkeycoffee.com and www.anothercoffee.co.uk the latter I'm
> using
> a bit now as they seem a bit cheaper. 2Kg of green beans for =A313.20
and
> roasted 2Kg bags from about =A319.

Hmmm ... It's a fair old jump to buying green beans and a roaster from
looking for somewhere that sells trays of Lavazza a bit cheaper than Tescos
but you always did have a knack of getting me into trouble. :-P

> As you can see, if you're using that much coffee, it won't take you
that
> long to recoup the cost of the roaster really or at least justify it

You mean I get to justify a purchase? That's a novelty!

> and I
> can tell you that after roasting beans the whole house smells great,
big
> WAF factor.

Hmmm ... not so sure about that - you know my missus a bit!

Phil