Are you in lock down and craving delicious fresh roasted coffee beans? I have the best news EVER!

Bay Beans has been delivering fresh roasted coffee beans to homes and businesses all over Australia for 15 years and they are not only pioneers in online retail, but experts in what they do. Your coffee is roasted fresh the day you place your order, and delivered fast by courier to your door - covid safe and without any fuss. 

Don't miss out on your favorite part of your day, your morning coffee, and grab some delicious Bay Beans coffee beans. Start with Espresso Master if your new here, you wont be disappointed. You can check out the entire range here - why not, you've got time! 

Wacaco Company Ltd, is bringing their most compact and pro-oriented portable espresso machine to market. From that heritage and know-how Wacaco has developed a product that marries the convenience and versatility of an espresso maker that fits in the palm of your hand with the design and capabilities of a high end cafe quality machine.

Worldwide leader in portable espresso makers, Wacaco Company Ltd, is bringing their most compact and pro-oriented portable espresso machine to market. The Picopresso is a high end manual espresso machine based on Wacaco's patented and groundbreaking piston-driven espresso machine technology, as seen in the Picopresso’s predecessors the Nanopresso (released in 2017) and Minipresso (released in 2014).  The original Minipresso was the first of its kind and redefined the category of hand held portable espresso makers.

From that heritage and know-how Wacaco has developed a product that marries the convenience and versatility of an espresso maker that fits in the palm of your hand with the design and capabilities of
a high end cafe quality machine. This specialty coffee machine features a naked portafilter, so users will see delicious creamy espresso flowing directly from a standard 52mm 18 gram stainless steel filter basket during the brewing process. With the Picopresso there are no shortcuts. Each home brewer must master the art of manual espresso making by dialing in the correct grind size, tamping, and perfecting pulling technique – their reward; an authentic cafe-quality espresso that will rival any expensive high-end machine.

“The world of manual home espresso enthusiasts is growing, and Wacaco is positioned to be at the forefront of this movement,” says Hugo Cailleton (co-founder). “Our machines have enabled millions of our customers to adventure and brew remotely in some amazing locations.” This new brewer is an assembly of quality; dedicated to elevating and extracting the essence of each coffee bean in flavor and character.  With the Picopresso home baristas will have the opportunity to master both the artful and scientific aspects required by the “ritual” of espresso making.

The Picopresso is set to retail at $129.90 USD and will be offered at a discount of $99.90 USD during the launching period of June 15th - 31st via https://www.wacaco.com/pages/picopress

I was flicking though some old photos and spotted this one, an early small batch roast which failed. If you look at the right side of the photo, about half way down you’ll see a dot - that’s a bean that has over roasted and cracked - we call that second crack when the coffee is exothermic - just past the point of optimum roast for this bean. The coffee begins to loose its origin flavour and take on a roast flavour - kind of like steak cooked on the BBQ can change from having its desired texture and flavour to taking on the flavour of char grill - its a personal choice but I prefer to allow the coffee origin to shine through.

The benefit of a coffee subscription serves both convenience and variety. You'll never be without delicious fresh roasted coffee beans when they arrive at your door step automatically each month. Wine companies have offered a similar service in the past that has proven to be a hit with their customers, now coffee lovers can experience the same feeling!

One of the market leaders and pioneers of online coffee beans is Bay Beans, established in 2006, they've been offering their coffee bean subscription service for over 15 years now. There are a few ways you can join in the fun. You can select from either weekly, fortnightly or monthly deliveries, as well as select either your favorite bean or the most popular option is the random selection - its a different bean delivered to your door each month. 

Here is a list of the options available;

1. Classic Blends, just $27.26 per delivery. You can select from three coffee varieties;

• Forte (a cafe favorite)
• Espresso Master (this one has won a few awards!)
• Super Crema (for the strong coffee lover)

2. Specialty Blends, for only $31.06 per delivery

• Mocha Prince (caramel and chocolate tones)
• Fairtrade certified coffee (100% certified in Australia)
• Decaf ( quality Swiss Water Processed coffee removes most of the caffeine naturally)
• Premium Reserve (a special limited edition coffee)
• Random Variety (the most popular choice, which contains every variety in a rotation schedule)

The last option is by far the most popular choice - it provides for a different coffee for you to try each month. Its also great for offices for the ultimate variety. 

Every variety comes in different sizes to suit your needs, from 500g bags, through to 1kg bags and boxes containing 10x 1kg bags or more. 

As a general idea, if you are making 2 coffees a day, you'd consume 500g per month - if there are two coffee lovers in your household, opt instead for 1kg - you'll also save significantly by choosing 1kg. 

Delivery is free to anywhere in Australia and you have complete freedom to cancel or suspend deliveries at any time - there are no lock in contracts. We've been offering this flexibility for over 15 years and you benefit from the freedom of choice. 

"is your Bay Beans Creamy Chai Gluten free?"

​I didn't know the answer to your question, so have compared the ingredients list of the Creamy Chai (ingredients list below) with those listed on celiac.com as their Gluten Free Food List (here is the link; https://www.celiac.com/articles.html/safe-gluten-free-food-list-safe-ingredients-r181/ ) and also cross referenced the items that do not have an item name listed, such as COLOUR (150C), which is listed as CARAMEL III on the Australian Food Standards list (link: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/additives/additiveoverview/Documents/Food%20additives%20-%20numberical%20May%202019.pdf )

None of the ingredients are flagged as having Gluten as far as I can tell. I am no expert on this though, so I've included the reference material I've used above for you to refer to.

Here is the ingredients list of Creamy Chai;
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil, Sodium Caseinate (Milk), Emulsifier (471), Stabiliser (340), Anti-Caking Agent (551), Beta Carotene, Dextrose, Milk Solids, Tea Extract, Spices, Colour (150c).


I hope that helps. 

 "Do you have or can you source decaf chai latte powder? I dont mind purchasing 1kg+ Thank you"

What a great question, and one I haven't been asked before. 

Straight to the point, I don't sell 100% decaf chai, however I thought it might be helpful to go into some detail for you, to help make the right decision for your needs. 

There are two kinds of Chai, one is known more broadly as Chai Tea, which is prepared by infusing spices in water, similar to brewing tea. Caffeine from this traditional Chai Tea is usually around 80mg - that number can be manipulated by the time you steep your tea for - a shorter duration will result in a more mild tea, as well as less caffeine, as low as 50-60mg. 

The other kind of Chai, is known as Chai Latte, and is the popular non coffee beverage in Australia. The Chai Latte mixes I have on the website, both Bondi Chai and Creamy Chai are more tailored to the Australian market for flavour.  The caffeine in these is closer to 25mg per serve - while not a decaf, it is a lower caffeine alternative. 

When you compare that to coffee, non decaf is around 130mg, while even the decaf coffee contains caffeine, a lesser amount at a rate of around 10mg. 

So, while the Chai Latte has caffeine of around 25mg, it is around 1/4 of the caffeine found in traditional chai, similar to the comparison of coffee and decaffeinated coffee.

I hope this helps, Here is a link to the chai's;

Regards,
 
James Axisa
Chief Espresso Officer

www.baybeans.com.au
Mobile: 0428 555 535
Voicemail callback: 02 8208 3477
 
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"Please tell me one thing. If I will order my coffee beans right now on your website, when can they be delivered to Baulkham Hills 2153, NSW? 

Also, I have a Jura Automatic Machine. Before this one we had a DeLonghi for almost 5 years but it needed to be replaced. I wanted to buy something manual (not automatic machine) but we are really lazy and again we bought an automatic machine. However, I really hope that Jura S8 will be a good choice and the coffee will taste great. How should we set the grinder to grind the coffee?"

With your coffee being roasted fresh this morning, if you order by around 11am, I am able to package your coffee and lodge it with the courier today - they can deliver it to Baulkham Hills tomorrow.

I completely understand your choice of automatic machine, in fact, it can be a better choice than a standard machine. With the automatic machine, you, your wife or visitors can make a great coffee at ease, whereas with a manual machine, perhaps you will always be tasked with the responsibility and you wouldn't enjoy it as much. 

For the coffee grind setting, it is individual to each machine, even of the same type. Aim for a grind that allows your coffee to extract in 30 seconds. If it is longer than that, you'd need to make your grind a little more coarse to allow the water to pass through more easily. If it is gushing out too fast, make your grind finer. 

"Could you help me choose a good coffee bean variety for home usage? I'm not a full expert as I'm using Jura s8 expresso machine but still I love great coffee. I need a minimum two types of coffee; One for my wife - can’t be strong or sour and needs to be delicate and good for cappuccino. Second for me - I’m in love with espresso. Coffee can be strong, slightly sour with good crema. We both prefer 100% arabica (not with robusta) with some additional aftertaste (like cocoa etc). Are you able to propose something for our first coffee beans purchase in Australia?" 

Hi, thanks for your email. 

I am happy to help! The Jura S8 is a great automatic machine and will love and care for your coffee needs - you've made an excellent choice to seek out fresh roasted coffee beans. It sounds to me like your wife will really enjoy Forte (I'll send you the links below). It is a mild to medium coffee with that classic brazil and Colombian flavour profile that brings out some chocolate tones. Mocha Prince steps that chocolate up a little, but does also tend to make the coffee a little more mild, but that could be a good thing here. 

For yourself, I have to give you two recommendations - Espresso Master is my favorite for espresso and long black coffee with a perfectly balanced flavour profile. If however, you're looking for something a little more adventurous, you'd have to give Super Crema a go - it really is quite bold and full of flavour, and that crema is really something! 

Here are the links to the different varieties - I hope it helps. 

Regards,
 
James Axisa
Chief Espresso Officer

www.baybeans.com.au
Mobile: 0428 555 535
Voicemail callback: 02 8208 3477
 
[I reply to all emails personally]