Coffee has changed my mornings into a romantic process for me. It all starts when I open up a bag of Bay Beans fresh roasted coffee beans and just gets better as I load the beans into the grinder, hearing each bean crisply fall into the bean hopper. Grinding the coffee beans releases an immediate aroma, and hint into the flavours I will soon be enjoying. 

As I watch the coffee extraction and steam my milk, I can already taste the creamy texture in my mouth. Flat white is one of my favorite coffees in the morning, it gives me time to savour the experience and enjoy my coffee time - a special part of my day that I look forward to. 

When I sit down to enjoy my coffee, I seem to forget my surroundings, everything falls silent as I draw my first sip.  yum!

The Advocate newspaper ran a story in May 2010 about Bay Beans Coffee, a local business banking on a fresh approach. 

I'm very proud to announce I have this week picked up a coveted award at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2014 and will have Bay Beans Coffee beans on display at this years Sydney Royal Easter Show. A massive accomplishment for me in comercialising a small business that started as a passion.

"The premium products from the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show will be showcased at the Sydney Royal Easter Show from 10th - 23rd April 2014 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. These products will be located in the Woolworths Fresh Food Dome, the centerpiece of the Show site".

I'm particularly proud of the result, being a small independent business and having entered only one coffee variety in competition to hundreds of other coffee roasting houses, some of who entered multiple coffees.  Bay Beans was awarded a Bronze Medal for Espresso Master variety, a coffee that is ideally suited to flat white and cappuccino and will impress as an espresso shot for the devoted coffee lover.  

Espresso Master is a creation of Bay Beans using predominately 100% Arabica coffee beans from South America and roasted on a 60 kilo Dietrich coffee roaster programmed to accurately follow specific roasting profiles specified by James - a leap ahead of the original coffee roaster James custom built from various parts mostly imported from the USA  that had a maximum roast size of 4 kilos. 

James continues to supply his fresh roasted and now award winning coffee beans online to cafes, offices and homes all over Australia at www.baybeans.com.au along side his other love as Daddy Day Care to his 3 year old son and 5 year old daughter. 

You've arrived at the perfect time - James has just launched the brand new website for Bay Beans coffee - the home of fresh roasted coffee beans online in Australia. You can buy coffee beans from a lot of places these days, but you're really taking a risk giving your business to just anyone - when you buy coffee beans online at Bay Beans, you can expect personalised service from a guy that really takes customer service serious - as serious as he does ensuring your coffee beans order is fresh and roasted to perfection, and delivered fast to your door, oh yeah, and delivery is Free, anywhere in Australia. 

If you are buying coffee beans for a cafe or office, benefit from 30% discount that is automatically applied to your purchase. 

If you need any assistance with selecting your perfect coffee bean variety, or how to make a better coffee, James is always ready to be your first port of call. 

There is nothing quite like fresh brewed coffee, and you don't need an expensive coffee machine to have that freshly brewed aroma in your house. 

All you need, is a plunger and some fresh roasted coffee beans - you dont even need a grinder, since you can buy your coffee beans pre-ground in the store. Simply add two table spoons of coffee to the plunger, add hot water and give it all a gentle stir. I like to then put the lid on, and then wrap the plunger in a towel, to act as an insulation, keeping your coffee hot. Allow five minutes to brew and then plunge your coffee and pour into a cup. I usually pre-warm the coffee cup with hot water from the kettle, at the same time as I pour water into the plunger. 

When I make plunger coffee, the way I like to prepare it is;

1. pre heat the plunger with warm (not boiling) water. This allows the plunger to come upto tempreture and reduces the risk of fracturing with boilng watrer. its also great for improving the tempreture of the final product. 

2. empty the water after a few minutes, and dry the plunger

3. add enough coffee for your needs. I use one tablespoon per 300ml of water, plus one extra. So, if your making 600ml, use three tablespoons of coffee

4. pour hot water into the plunger

5. stir the coffee to wet all the coffee grinds. 

6. put the lid on, but do not plunge

7. (optional) wrap the plunger in a cloth to keep the brewing coffee warm. 

8. wait 5mins, then plunge, slowly - taking around 20 seconds to plunge. Too fast and coffee grinds will seep past most filters. 

9. wait 2 mins for the coffee to settle

10. pour slowly into cups

11. enjoy!