As a noob, there are a couple of things that puzzle me.
1. There are a number of roasters in my locality. The two that seem to be the largest, and who supply many of the cafés in the area, don't have roast dates on the packets that they sell. In the largest of them I asked about this and was told it was company policy not to. I was given a rough date for the packet in my hand. Tough question for someone working on the sales counter I guess. At the other retailer I was also given a rough date, but not in a way that inspired me with confidence. Both places said that beans were 5-7 days old. Now I understand the problems of stock management that putting dates on packets would cause, but how would they know what is older stock? I've also bought beans from a smaller local roaster and one packet had a date, and one didn't, but in that case I was speaking to a roaster who could provide precise info about the roast date.
My question is: is not putting a roast date on a packet standard practice?
2. With this pursuit of fresh beans - do people leave them in the hopper overnight, or put excess beans back into the ziploc bag with anti-gas valve thingy? I only put beans into the hopper in small quantities, so there's usually less than a cup's worth in the hopper overnight. Is this one of those things that matters or is not worth worrying about?
Thanks.
1. There are a number of roasters in my locality. The two that seem to be the largest, and who supply many of the cafés in the area, don't have roast dates on the packets that they sell. In the largest of them I asked about this and was told it was company policy not to. I was given a rough date for the packet in my hand. Tough question for someone working on the sales counter I guess. At the other retailer I was also given a rough date, but not in a way that inspired me with confidence. Both places said that beans were 5-7 days old. Now I understand the problems of stock management that putting dates on packets would cause, but how would they know what is older stock? I've also bought beans from a smaller local roaster and one packet had a date, and one didn't, but in that case I was speaking to a roaster who could provide precise info about the roast date.
My question is: is not putting a roast date on a packet standard practice?
2. With this pursuit of fresh beans - do people leave them in the hopper overnight, or put excess beans back into the ziploc bag with anti-gas valve thingy? I only put beans into the hopper in small quantities, so there's usually less than a cup's worth in the hopper overnight. Is this one of those things that matters or is not worth worrying about?
Thanks.

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