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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on February 23, 2011 at 11:34am

Ten to Two Hundred pounds. Totally depends on location and a multitude of factors. There is no average that would have any meaning for all Coffeehouses.

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 23, 2011 at 1:18pm

Indeed.

 

I know of bars that go through 700lbs of coffee a week.  I also know of ones that go through 5 every month.

 

You need to do some research of shops in your own area.

 

-bry

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Permalink Reply by Matt B on March 2, 2011 at 5:02pm

Bryan,

 

Who goes through 700 lbs in a week, if you don't mind saying so?

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on March 2, 2011 at 5:45pm

Plenty of them do, especially if we start talking about whole bean sales over the counter.  Think about the big two in the *specialty* coffee industry and it will start to make sense quickly.

 

My point was just that this is a painfully vague question.

 

-bry

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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on March 2, 2011 at 6:03pm

Like I and Bry have said, what we or someone else does holds little bearing on what you'll need. How many espresso beverages do you estimate daily, weekly, monthly? How much drip/press/vac etc.? Whole bean sales estimates? Crunch your numbers.

 

We're still very small fry. Early on about 40-50lb a week. Now three plus years later at a 300-350lb a week pace not quite cracking a Ton a month pace yet.

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Permalink Reply by Matt B on March 2, 2011 at 8:17pm

That's cheating, lol. I was trying to get my head around 2000 drinks a day. Two machines pumping out 80 drinks per, for 12 hours? I've been to one of the shops you're probably thinking of. I don't know . . .

 

Bryan Wray said:

Plenty of them do, especially if we start talking about whole bean sales over the counter.  

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jared Rutledge on March 3, 2011 at 7:15am

ONE MILLION POUNDS

 

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Permalink Reply by John Gibbons on March 3, 2011 at 8:31am

Well, this is why I was asking, because how am I supposed to know either? I think that it's safe to say I'd start off needing very little. Obviously this needs to be part of the whole plan, ya know, but it's difficult to get even an estimate, so you little bit on how much you started with and how much you have now is really helpful. But, yeah, this question is sort of impossible

 

Thanks

Mike McGinness said:

Like I and Bry have said, what we or someone else does holds little bearing on what you'll need. How many espresso beverages do you estimate daily, weekly, monthly? How much drip/press/vac etc.? Whole bean sales estimates? Crunch your numbers.

 

We're still very small fry. Early on about 40-50lb a week. Now three plus years later at a 300-350lb a week pace not quite cracking a Ton a month pace yet.

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Permalink Reply by John Gibbons on March 3, 2011 at 8:33am

Sorry, I don't mean to be annoying, but could someone take a look at my most recent post about my cart idea, I have a few question but no one wants to answer : (

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Permalink Reply by Uppsala Coffee Roaster on March 3, 2011 at 10:58am

LOL :-)

Glad to see a sense of humor here!

Michel

PS: one million pounds is roughly only 500 tons, that is not that much is it? ;-)

Jared Rutledge said:

ONE MILLION POUNDS

 

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Permalink Reply by Tim Larson on March 3, 2011 at 11:54am

Are you asking how much 'green' coffee to purchase? I assume then that you're planning on roasting it.

 

And then more specifically, are you asking how much green coffee you need to buy based upon your weekly roasted coffee usage?

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by John Gibbons on March 3, 2011 at 2:01pm

Well, yes. I won't be able to do much with green coffee that I'm not going to roast. I guess what I'm asking is how much is a safe guess, for any time. I'm assuming green coffee isn't purchased every week. Is it safe to assume that coffee bars buy green coffee maybe two to three times per year? And when the buy at harvest, how much? 

 

The reasons for my vague question is that I don't know. I'm trying to figure out the norm for a starting specialty roaster/bar. How much is a safe bet, when do I buy, how much do I buy, how often. etc. 

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