How to judge the freshness of coffee beans

Freshness is the life of coffee. The best drinking period of roasted coffee beans is 6 days, while the best drinking period of ground powder is only 3 days. How to determine the freshness of coffee beans?

There are three steps: smell, see, and peel:

Smell: put the coffee beans close to the nose and smell them deeply to see if you can clearly smell the aroma of the coffee beans. If so, the coffee beans are fresh enough. On the contrary, if the aroma is weak, or has begun to appear greasy, it means that the coffee beans are not fresh at all.

Look: spread the coffee beans on your hands, determine the origin and variety of coffee beans, and determine whether the coffee beans are roasted evenly.

Peel: take a coffee bean and try to peel it off by hand. if the coffee bean is fresh enough, it should be easy to pull away, and it will have a crisp sound and feeling. If the coffee beans are not fresh, you will find that you have to work hard to get rid of a bean.