How long is the shelf life of roasted coffee beans? how long does it take to finish the coffee beans?

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Qianjie-brief introduction of coffee flavor period and shelf life

The author advises customers to choose coffee beans 4-7 days after roasting, which is usually defined as fresh coffee beans, but when asked, 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 roasting, the coffee beans will be placed in a sealed bucket and stored overnight, which will be done the next day when packing or preparing the formula beans. 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 start drinking first, which can help you find the ideal baking date and find the time three to five days before 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.

Flavor period (also known as appreciation period) the best time for coffee to taste after roasting. Freshly roasted coffee has a self-fermentation process within a week, making the flavor more perfect, after this stage begins to oxidize and volatilize, and the good coffee flavor begins to lose gradually. Therefore, the best taste period for coffee is within two weeks after baking, when the coffee will have a very fresh aroma and rich in oil, the coffee with sweetness has an obvious return to sweet taste, and the coffee powder is obviously expanded after being infiltrated by hot water. this is often a simple way to identify whether it is fresh or not.

A large number of practices have proved that the flavor period of coffee cooked beans is basically less than 1 month, and the longest sealed preservation is no more than 2 months. After the coffee is ground into powder, the surface area increases, which accelerates oxidation and volatilization, so the flavor period is shorter, so it is difficult to get the flavor when buying hanging-ear coffee in the supermarket.

Coffee without flavor is only left with incorrect aroma and bitter taste, and some are even tart, which can not represent the characteristics of a brand, origin or grade of coffee at all, so no matter what brand of coffee is good, after the flavor period, it can not be called good coffee, "fresh, fresh, fresh" is the premise of good coffee.

Knowledge expansion: after the shelf life of properly stored coffee, people will not have any problem drinking, flavorless coffee through sugar and milk can also become a good coffee drink.

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