Jul 3 2021, 11:33 AM
QUOTE(zellleonhart @ Jun 14 2021, 03:18 PM)
If you dip in the specialty coffee community a bit more, you'll know that not all coffee beans are the same. There are cheap, commodity grade green beans used by supermarket pre-ground brands and also specialty grade beans coming from a specific farm with good quality control; and anything in the middle.
The former costs only RM20-30 per 500g while the latter can costs RM60/200g or even up to RM150/100g depends on the rarity and many other factors.
As far as I know, SOL uses relatively low grade beans compared to other specialty coffee roasters, hence the price. Don't be fooled by their "Single Origin" label. Yes it's still single origin (meaning from a single country/region like Colombia) but it is not a high grade S/O.
The raw/green beans could be a different variant of colombian beens BUT on second thought I think it's also because green beans have less demand in the general consumer market.
I actually tried a few of the SOL coffee, yes, its not tat high high grade specialty bean, sometimes I felt tat there is only subtle difference between diff beans,The former costs only RM20-30 per 500g while the latter can costs RM60/200g or even up to RM150/100g depends on the rarity and many other factors.
As far as I know, SOL uses relatively low grade beans compared to other specialty coffee roasters, hence the price. Don't be fooled by their "Single Origin" label. Yes it's still single origin (meaning from a single country/region like Colombia) but it is not a high grade S/O.
The raw/green beans could be a different variant of colombian beens BUT on second thought I think it's also because green beans have less demand in the general consumer market.
not tat pronounce. but I still cant really tell all those fancy taste notes, so I think its still ok for me to get by my day to day drink requirement for the price.
I've tried quite a numbers of coffee in these 2-3years in my coffee journey, from beanshipper to ikea dark roast, from rm100+ 200gm bean I got from taiwan
to nearby local roastery. sometime makes me wonder if it worth the extra if my taste bud cant really tell the fairly ok 1 with the very expensive 1.
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