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Mailbox Delivery

Our faithful and steadfast delivery driver has recently taken on additional employment. We are excited for him to explore other opportunities, and we know he won’t be around forever so we are checking into other delivery methods.

Coming up, while Jonathan is away we will be testing out USPSConnect, a local package delivery option through the post office. Next week, all coffee should arrive in your mailbox or through your mail carrier. Your coffee will still be roasted on Sunday and if you are local, we expect it to arrive Monday the 25th, possibly Tuesday. Your feedback is important to us. We want to know if it arrived as promised and if there are any condition issues.

We will be testing this again the week of July 9 when we are on vacation. Thanks for trusting us with your morning cup!

Drink to your Health: 3 reasons to drink.

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You know us we are always looking for reasons to drink coffee. And while we aren’t doctors and we don’t suggest you take our advice on medical issues, it turns out there is some evidence that drinking coffee can reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes, might lower the risk of dementia and is linked to a lower risk of depression. And these are just the top 3 (read the rest here).
We want these good things for you. So you should buy our beans.

Coffee Creamers Reviewed

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Coffee creamers are quite controversial. Many coffee enthusiasts poo-poo them. But the grocery store is full of them. Here at Big E Bearded Coffee, we aren’t personally into them, but we think you should drink your coffee the way you like it. Actually, we think you should drink OUR coffee the way you like it. Good old James Hoffman goes through all the coffee creamers on the market and gives his opinion. Watch it and then order some beans to try a new intriguing flavor.

Drink to your Health: Coffee-the Fountain of Youth

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Great News! Turns out that drinking coffee keeps you young and strong. Specifically, it keeps your muscles strong. More specifically it contains the natural molecule trigonelline which can improve muscle health and function.

A bunch of really smart scientists from several research institutions worked together to study muscle deterioration specifically due to aging, They looked at all kinds of nerdy molecular things like mitochondria (THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL) and NAD+ and muscle cells and energy and on and on and on… and basically discovered that coffee is the magic elixir that will let you live forever! OR something like that. You can read this article that has more actual information. But basically, you should trust us because we are doctors (definitely not) and you should buy our coffee because it’s delicious and you will be young and strong.

Auto Ship FAQ & Best Practice

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Have you signed up for Autoship, yet? It’s pretty fantastic. Coffee just auto-MAGICALLY shows up at your door. You hardly have to think about it. Does that seem overwhelming? Here are some FAQ’s.

How does this work?

We roast coffee every Sunday. You set up a regularly recurring order to deliver your favorite coffee to your doorstep. If you are local it will arrive Monday. If we ship it to you it takes a little longer.

How much coffee should I order and how often should I get it delivered?

We recommend getting coffee every week or every other week. This ensures you are drinking your coffee when it is fresh. Fresh coffee tastes better, that’s why we do what we do. But how much do you need? Well, how much coffee do you drink? At our house, we drink 1-2 pots of coffee per day. Every day. 7 days a week. The Beard drinks one whole pot alone. This means we use about 2 and a half bags a week. We use a scale to measure our coffee because it makes better coffee and because counting to 12 is hard for me before I’ve had any coffee. If you make a full pot of a day every day you will likely need one and a half bags a week. This of course depends on how strong you like your coffee. But it is at least a starting point. If this is you, we recommend setting an auto-ship up for 3 bags every other week.

But what if you are going out of town or you have a stockpile?

There are two options. You can pause your auto-ship or push out your next ship date (ship date means when your order is processed).

Push out your ship date: This is best if you are going on vacation or you have a bit of a backlog and need to use up your supply. Just push out your next ship date (You can push out your next ship date ship date as far as you want.) Just remember we roast on Sunday so your auto-ship needs to “ship” or process by Saturday if you want coffee on Monday.
Pause your Autoship: This is great if you are traveling out of the country for several months, or you just need to take a break for a while. It saves all of your information and when you return you can start right where you left off.

What if I want to order a different coffee?

If you need a little extra coffee one week because you want to share, or try something different or you just plan on drinking more, or you want to take some on your vacation. If you’re local we recommend creating a separate order that week. For the sake of simplicity leave your autoship order the same. Placing a separate order means you don’t have to remember to go back in and change it back and since there is no delivery fee, you aren’t out anything extra by placing separate orders.
If you are a shipping customer, reach out to us and we will work with you to minimize your shipping costs.

My Autoship failed…

Occasionally this happens. Do not hesitate to contact us. But in the meantime check to make sure your credit card is still valid and make sure you have a valid shipping method, sometimes this resets to none and that will cause it to fail. If one of these two things were the problem reset your ship date to tomorrow and you should be all set.

The site just keeps spinning…

We’re sorry about that. Sometimes the Autoship feature can be slow to load. We are always looking for better options but in the meantime, thank you for your patience. Good coffee is worth the wait.

Now go sign up for Auto-Ship and get that coffee auto-MAGICALLY!

Freezing Your Coffee Beans: Revisited

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Should you put your coffee in the freezer? Maybe… We posted an article a while ago about how you shouldn’t store your coffee in the freezer. We still stand by it but thought it might be worth an update.

If you are buying your coffee in bulk, you can store your coffee in the freezer to preserve freshness but it must be air-tight and you shouldn’t be dipping in the bag every morning. Coffee on the counter is great for 1-2 weeks. The more you mess with the coffee in the freezer the more you allow the freezer air to get up in that coffee flavor. If you really want to learn about it, watch the video below.

If you are using your coffee within 2 weeks and you find that it isn’t tasting as fresh, can I ask if you are grinding it every morning? If the answer is no, there’s your problem. Coffee is pretty simple. There are three important factors to delicious coffee… Freshly roasted quality beans, water that tastes good (to you.. that’s subjective), and freshly ground coffee. If you don’t believe us you can read about why grinding your beans right before you use them is the best. But if you pre-grind your coffee and you think it tastes fine, then you just keep on doing what works for you. It is, after all, just coffee. As for fresh coffee, that we have. We will deliver coffee to your door within days of roasting. That way you don’t need to store your coffee in the freezer. You can just enjoy it and have more delivered next week.