Calling "same bag three months straight" a featured producer rotation is a stretch, that's just them not rotating. But I don't think that's how they all go, plenty of people get real variety out of these boxes. Sounds like you found a better setup anyway, picking whatever smells good at the local place beats a surprise box.

Just hot water with beans" is brutal lol, mine was a splash of vinegar that fixed it.

Man, glad your neighbor spoke up before you found out the hard way. 210 is still nothing to shrug off, so good call booking it. That $2,600 stings but it beats the alternative.