An update on the roasting experiment:
Koffee Kosmo has kindly taken my badly stored, dehydrated green beans and rehydrated them in an attempt to improve the roast. I recieved them a couple of days ago and finally got a chance to try them today. The taste, while not as full flavoured as fresh beans, was a greatly improved and VERY drinkable.

Thanks to KK for going to all that effort, its much appreciated.
Ill be trying to replicate his results and save a load of green.
A thought as to why the moisture helped, maybe the extra moisture merely acts to help in the roasting process (heat transfer?) more so than any flavour that may be lost with the water. Just a thought...
I will be conducting an experiment of my own soon. Ill try to extract caffeine crystals from batches of similar old and new beans to determine if the caffeine content would be overly affected.
Thanks again KK, youve given me hope!



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