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How long does it take to raise coffee beans? What is the bean raising period and taste appreciation period? How long does it take to keep Italian light and deep baked beans?

Published: 2026-08-25 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/08/25, There is a corner of the Qianjie store dedicated to placing coffee beans, because as we all know, Qianjie's main business is selling coffee beans. Therefore, friends who come to the store to drink coffee can often see an endless stream of customers coming to the store to buy coffee beans (pretend to be like this), and then chatting with Qianjie about various information about beans. And production day

There is a corner of Qianjie store dedicated to coffee beans, because it is well known that the main business of Qianjie is to sell coffee beans. So daily coffee drinkers can often see an endless stream of customers coming to the store to buy coffee beans (pretending to be so), and then talk to the front street about beans. The date of production is the specific information that these guests often ask for.

This makes many friends wonder why these guests only pay attention to the production date. Shelf life is just as important! Why don't they ask about the expiration date?

Why do many people buy coffee beans without looking at the expiration date? The "shelf life" refers to a period of time within which this product can be safely eaten after it is produced. Therefore, in order to be responsible for health, "do not buy and eat food after the expiration date" has become a principle that every household will teach from an early age. But for coffee beans, it is not that important. Because relatively speaking, people will pay more attention to its production date. Unlike most other products, the production date of a coffee bean refers to its baking completion time. So why is it more important than the expiration date?

There are two reasons! One is because the shelf life of coffee will be one year, under normal circumstances, coffee beans are difficult to put after the expiration date, unless it is really bad! Otherwise, we will have a lot of ways to prepare and consume it, and another reason is that we want to taste the heyday of this bean, that is, when it is at its best. To this end, we need to know when coffee beans are baked! Nowadays, with the prevalence of the concept of boutique coffee, the reason for people to drink coffee is no longer just to consume caffeine, but also to feel the various flavor properties emitted from the coffee. In order to achieve this goal, people put more time and energy into taking care of the coffee from the seed to the cup, in order to feel more coffee flavor in the final cup. And the mainstream baking degree from deep to shallow is also the reason.

However, most of the flavor we feel from coffee is the association caused by aroma. The aroma will continue to volatilize, and after the coffee enters the mouth, it will float into the nasal canal of our mouth, and then be caught by the sense of smell, and then associate the flavor. Unlike sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavors, aromas are captured by our sense of smell because of their volatile properties. But it is also because of their volatile properties that we pay more attention to the freshness of coffee. Because from the moment the baking is finished, the flavor substances begin to be released continuously. If we brew the coffee after the aroma has evaporated, then the coffee we brew only has its own sweet, sour, bitter and salty taste, and the aroma properties are so few that it is difficult to associate any flavor. Therefore, we will pay more attention to the roasting date of coffee beans.

What you need to know is that coffee beans are not as fresh as possible! When coffee beans are just roasted, a large amount of carbon dioxide accumulates in the body. The presence of these carbon dioxide hinders the extraction of coffee by hot water, making it more difficult for us to flush out the flavor of coffee. In addition, extremely fresh beans have a sense of dryness, which is a negative feeling that makes us feel stuck when we drink coffee. They all need to be placed and excreted over a period of time to reduce the effect of extraction on coffee. Therefore, coffee beans are not as fresh as possible!

So, how long does it take to roast coffee beans? If the coffee beans are stored routinely after roasting (stored in a cool place at room temperature, sealed storage), then the general time for the aroma to volatilize is about two months. After baking, it takes about 5 days for coffee beans to emit a large amount of carbon dioxide and eliminate dryness (depending on the degree of roasting). So in theory, the 5-60 days of baking is the best time for us to feel the full flavor of coffee (preferably within 45 days, because it's not always sealed). In order to better understand, people give it the title of "the best taste period", while the days of exhaust and elimination of dryness are called "bean cultivation period".

Therefore, we can use the above information as a reference when buying beans. If you want to drink immediately, you can buy beans that are a few days away from the production date. If you don't want to drink immediately, if you want to buy them and leave them, then buy the freshest coffee beans.

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