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How Fresh Should Beans Be For Espresso?

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Edwards says he recommends three to 10 days from roast date for filter-brewing and French press and more like five to 12 days for brewing espresso. How Long Does It Last? It’s all in the bag. As in, depending on how your beans are packaged, they’ll stay fresher longer (or their flavor will flatten quicker). … Read more

Why Is Air Roasting Coffee Better?

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It turns out that air roasted coffee is less likely to have unpleasant bitter, burnt flavors because it has a built-in mechanism for removing unwanted residual material that comes off the coffee beans during a roast As coffee beans roast, the outer layer—called the chaff—cracks, and peels away from the bean. Why freshly roasted coffee … Read more