Why Freshly Roasted Coffee Isn’t Always Ready to Drink The degassing period catches almost everyone off guard. Here’s what’s actually happening inside your bag — and how to get better coffee by simply knowing when to brew. You walk into a specialty coffee roastery. You pick up a bag printed with last week’s roast date. […]
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Living in the Tropics? Your Coffee Is Going Stale Faster Than You Think Most of the coffee storage advice you’ll find online was written by people living in London, Melbourne, or Portland. Places with average temperatures of 15–20°C. Places where humidity sits around 50–60%. That advice — keep your coffee in a cool, dry place
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Roast Date vs Expiry Date — Are You Reading the Right One? Pick up a bag of coffee at a supermarket and you’ll find an expiry date printed clearly on the back. Pick up a bag of specialty coffee from a good roaster and you’ll find something different: a roast date. These are not the
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Should You Seal the Valve? Whole Beans vs Ground Coffee If you’ve been reading coffee forums long enough, you’ve probably seen this debate: should you tape over the one-way valve on your coffee bag? Some people swear by it. Others think it’s unnecessary. A few have tried it and noticed their bag started looking oddly bloated.
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That Little Circle on Your Coffee Bag Is Not a Sniff Hole You’ve seen it. That small, round bump — sometimes with a tiny slit in it — sitting on the front or back of almost every bag of specialty coffee. You may have even pressed it, sniffed it, or quietly assumed it was some
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