I recently bought 1kg of freshly roasted beans online from a well known Melbourne based roaster. I usually buy 500g at a time (as I drink 500g/fortnight), however to make it cost effective I bought a kg as this particular blend is $60/kg. I assumed that into the tail end of my supply the coffee would start to go downhill. However I am well past the 3 week mark post roast and the coffee is still going strong. From my previous experience most beans I have tried seem to go downhill after 2 weeks.
I vaguely remember Andy (Freeman) commenting about espress WOW going strong even as long as 5-6 weeks and also remember Chris (Talk Coffee) having a special version of his Urban blend which I think peaked later as well.
Just interested, what, if anything determines how long a particular blend of coffee stays good post roast. Apart from the obvious things ie storage technique.
I vaguely remember Andy (Freeman) commenting about espress WOW going strong even as long as 5-6 weeks and also remember Chris (Talk Coffee) having a special version of his Urban blend which I think peaked later as well.
Just interested, what, if anything determines how long a particular blend of coffee stays good post roast. Apart from the obvious things ie storage technique.

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