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Vent: Just read that most coffee beans are over a year old before you buy them
I was reading a blog from a roaster in Austin, and they said the green coffee beans they get are often already 9 to 12 months past harvest. So by the time it's roasted, shipped, and sits on a store shelf, it's way older than I ever thought. I always figured fresh meant a few months, tops. This totally changes how I look at those 'roasted on' dates now. Has anyone found a good way to know the real harvest date?
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kellymurphy5mo ago
Yeah, those "roasted on" dates always felt like half the story. I once bought beans that were roasted a week prior but brewed like stale cardboard, so I gave up trying to figure it out.
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rosek735mo ago
Guess the roast date is just a suggestion.
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