Those coffees sound great jimyson. If they are tasty and make you happy, thats what its all about. Also, they are great if you are still dialing in your roasts. I am not going to let a few dollars a pound keep me from what I want anymore. That thinking (which seems ubiquitous) that I (many) were raised with I believe, has diminished my life. Im going to veer off a little here. Note, if you look back in this thread you will see where i bought only bl sale coffee.
I am also very forth coming in offering that thinking to anyone. Often met with unusual responses at best. My friend will start using cars as comparison. Clearly a 40k difference in cars is not the same as avoiding kroger cheese. That thinking permeated everything in my life. Electronics, hotels, cooking, etc. I feel like I was freed up a little. I get around my brother, sister, well most people the discussion is often how cheap that is or what kind of a restaurant deal this is. I only go out to eat like once a month at the most. So when I do I'm not looking for the cheapest meal I can get for a deal. My brother and Mom wanted to go somewhere I can't remember where. I suggested we go to my new favorite burger place. It's amazingly beautiful inside with an awesome Colorado patio looking over the Platte river. By Colorado patio I mean people walk-in, bike in from all over the place, dogs, etc. Anyways they have something like 80 or 90 beers on tap. The whole time until the food came had to hear about how cheap it was somewhere else. It's like 950 for a basic hamburger in there. The food comes out and it's amazing. They're real fries with skins and I think they put truffle oil and parmesan or something on them. It's like really good buns and the food is amazing there. And my brother's going, this is so good, this is so good. I wonder if in all his lust to save $0.30 here and there if he hasn't had anything that tasted that good in a while. He also makes a ton of money and I dont know why, but hearing him want to cheap everything in his life even though he does really well is annoys me for some reason. Just my 2c. I read this over and over and hope I am not insulting anyone. I learned this thinking here from Jammin and others. And have many times over stated how much better and tastier my life is.