The cost of Kurriged

The title of this post refers to that nifty little K-cup which is all the rage with the modern day crowd. I think everyone who own's one of these knows that their coffee fix is costing a little more then the old way.

Lets do some rough calculations. I just went to the K website and a 5 pack of x-brands cups cost 3.79 or 75 cents. A pound (454 grams( of Evergreen coffee brewed in a drip maker costs 31 cents per cup based on a 6 cup coffee maker drip brew of 65 grams of coffee, that 7 pots of coffee per 454 gr bag or 42 cups.

The cost of K-cups in this example is 44 cents more then drip / cup of coffee. Based on 2 cups per day thats 320 dollars per year. Even a cheap grinder and drip maker is under 150.

Payback of this investment is under 6 months.

The profit of the K-cup is unbelieveable but the consumer is duped again. I can hardly wait for the toilet paper equivalent.

And yes it still stale crappy tasting albiet better then the local grocers open coffee bins , but I do like the sound of German chocolate flavoured coffee.

Lesson learned is nothing new, buy fresh roasted quality coffee.

Tips for mypressi use

For most espresso fiends mypressi will be their on the road espresso fix. While the mypressi comes very well equipped right down to a carry bag I suggest a couple of extra's. Get a plastic tray to place the unit into after you do a pull of a shot.

 

Bring rags to cleanup, and wrap your favourite espresso cup up in them. Make sure its a sturdy cup. Have a sink handy to wash all the parts up in. All this sounds like a no-brainer but you know how messy coffee prep can be and these little extras can really help.

btw just had an awesome shot. Genius

Tea Tea Tea

I am busy in the backroom setting up the tea pages. We will have about a dozen offerings at first and go from there. I look forward to the world of tea expanding Evergreen's online presence. I also like the ease of shipping tea, coffee is a pain that way. We will carrying black, green, blended, rooibos and others at better prices then what I have seen in Canada so far.

As a coffee roaster who enjoys his tea I seeked out a true tea expert and found Dethlesen & Balk approach to this complex business fun and refreshing like their products. These people have been in business since 1836, I look forward to a long relationship.

Update on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 9:06PM by Peter Sykes

Updateto  the tea pricing. Completely revised. Curse of excel and my lack of sleep. Pricing even better then before as result.!!! Enjoy

Shipping is a curse

Recently I have had a flurry of orders for Aeropress filters. Like the Aeropress itself these are small but awkward to pack. Customers complain about paying 10 bucks to ship a couple of packages of filters. The shipping business is a profitable one from what I can see, but for those small orders its a rip off for the customer and the seller. Anyone have ideas?

Salut Fair Trade until next time

It is with some disappointment that I sent Transfair an email to end my licensee as of 2010. While I support the movement most of my clients were indifferent. Perhaps I got into this too soon, whatever the case I must question the whole movement not the underlying raison d'etre of fair trade but the number of staff required to support it, do we really need all these expensive canadian salaries on the transfair payroll to support developing countries who represent most of the fair trade commodities. I would prefer if we employed students in Canada to do transfairs work not full time staff in Ottawa, my 2 cents. I would welcome your view.