Yesterday I roasted the last of my beans and had one of those, oh hell Ill have to go and by some beans moments. Not wanting to buy supermarket(stale) or Rio beans from one of the cafes in our area as I have found they are always over roasted, I decided to try the beans of another roaster who actually puts the roasting date and use by date on their beans.
So I was looking at the bean blends (this roaster also puts the name of the beans used in the blends) and was checking out the roasting date and a couple packs were roasted in November or december with a twelve month use by date

As you can imagine I put them back on the shelf mighty fast. I did manage to find beans that were roasted on the fourth of January 2007, but these also had a twelve month use by date on them. I had a coffee in this shop and it was very very nice, which is why I bought the beans, but I did restrain myself from pointing out they had stale beans on the shelf and they should send them back.
This roaster has seemed to have everything else right and I was disappointed that they had such a long useby date on their beans. I know the general public doesnt always know better, but someone who is a professional roaster should know better than this and as a point of pride and good reputation should be ensuring they put the appropriate useby dates on their blends and making sure any stale beans come back to them to be disposed of appropriately.
EDIT:
I forgot to say that they do state "...all coffee beans should bebought as soon as possible after roasting and consumed within 2 weeks from this date.(Beans are of course suitable for use until use by date)...."
So I was looking at the bean blends (this roaster also puts the name of the beans used in the blends) and was checking out the roasting date and a couple packs were roasted in November or december with a twelve month use by date



As you can imagine I put them back on the shelf mighty fast. I did manage to find beans that were roasted on the fourth of January 2007, but these also had a twelve month use by date on them. I had a coffee in this shop and it was very very nice, which is why I bought the beans, but I did restrain myself from pointing out they had stale beans on the shelf and they should send them back.
This roaster has seemed to have everything else right and I was disappointed that they had such a long useby date on their beans. I know the general public doesnt always know better, but someone who is a professional roaster should know better than this and as a point of pride and good reputation should be ensuring they put the appropriate useby dates on their blends and making sure any stale beans come back to them to be disposed of appropriately.
EDIT:
I forgot to say that they do state "...all coffee beans should bebought as soon as possible after roasting and consumed within 2 weeks from this date.(Beans are of course suitable for use until use by date)...."
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