What information can the date of coffee baking tell you?

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Some people say that the roasting date of coffee beans is everything.

And want freshly baked coffee, but do not know what is fresh?

The definition of freshness and delicacy is based on the effect of roasting date on coffee.

Baking date isn't everything.

First of all, we must clarify a few things. Just because we are only talking about the baking date here does not mean that we can find out the good coffee through the roasting date.

When you buy food, you will find the freshest expiration date, and of course you will look at the best appreciation period.

There can be some visual and appearance clues: hardened avocados, bruised onions, red gills.

However, if you want to know whether the food is delicious or not, you need to cook to taste it.

The same principle can be applied to coffee. Don't judge coffee beans just because of the roasting date.

At least you need to open the coffee bag, evaluate it and have a chance to taste the coffee.

But why isn't the baking date everything? Let's see why we can say that.

What exactly does freshness mean?

"which coffee is the freshest? "

If you are an industry, you must have heard this sentence many times.

Many people who are reading this article may have asked this question.

The author usually answers like this: are you going to buy it as a gift, or will you drink it within a week?

The authors suggest that customers choose coffee beans that are roasted for 4-7 days, which is usually defined as fresh coffee beans.

However, when you ask guests like this, they often say impatiently or even impolitely, "I'm looking for coffee that was just baked yesterday or today."

Some people claim that coffee only takes 24 hours to grow beans, and the third day is the peak of flavor, but this time is not enough.

After baking, the coffee beans are placed in a sealed bucket and stored overnight, which is done the next day when the beans are packaged or prepared.

When is the best time to drink coffee after roasting?

Buying coffee beans is like buying bread. It only takes one week to buy enough.

Find out the best coffee appreciation period (flavor peak), and then push back from the coffee you want to drink first.

This will help you find the ideal baking date and look for three to five days before and after that date.

Usually if you want to buy coffee that you need to drink immediately, the author thinks it is best 8-21 days after baking.

However, the store must make sure that the baker or barista uses the beans at the peak of the coffee flavor.

Why do people think that the fresher the better?

With regard to the misconception that the fresher the better, the author believes that it is because of the bean bakers of the third wave of coffee.

After educating consumers, they hurt themselves. Yeah, you read it right.

During the rise of the third wave of coffee in Singapore, boutique bean bakers tried to distinguish themselves from commercial bean bakers.

Focus on slogans such as "small baking" and "Please look at the baking date instead of the expiration date".

Although after that, we put less emphasis on freshness.

And marked in the beanbag: "it is best to drink / brew the coffee within a month after baking", but the idea that the fresher the better, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

How long does the coffee mean too long?

This is a very subjective topic. Many professional bean bakers set an average life span for coffee beans.

There are too many variables that we can't control.

The author used to compare lightly roasted coffee with concentrated coffee (not light roasting, just shallow).

Coffee after a month tastes as good as coffee that has been kept for two weeks.

But there are also coffee that has lost its flavor after being roasted for only 11 days.

Why are there so many variables?

Coffee itself will affect itself, and the methods of the bean baker will also change the characteristics of coffee.

Lead to a difference in the peak or average lifespan of coffee.

Some coffee with roasting techniques can make the peak period of coffee from 14 days to 30 days after roasting.

So it's hard to tell whether the coffee is past its peak or too fresh to drink before tasting it.

When in doubt, ask the barista or baker and they will give you the best advice on specific coffee beans.

How to make the best use of coffee in different bean cultivation periods?

In order to elicit the best flavor of old beans, it is necessary to correct and confirm the grinding thickness of coffee and adjust the amount of powder used.

The longer the beans are kept, the more holes there will be, which means that when you grind these coffee beans

They disintegrate more easily, making it easier for hot water to dissolve substances.

If you use the same grinding thickness to grind such old beans and fresher coffee beans

It may lead to insufficient extraction and make the brewed coffee untasty.