I could go into all the facts about how coffee once out of the roaster starts it’s slide down the slippery slope towards staleness and un-drinkability.. A horror show for the taste buds actually. … We have oxidation going on, flavor compounds degrading to the point where they’ve become extinct in your beans, flatness.. etc. etc. So like everything in cooking .. Fresh is Truely Best.
But that being said, it all depends upon your logistics as well. For instance, you have a problem if you’re driving an hour every day to get fresh coffee right from your favorite roaster. So let’s try to make some sense of all this:
- All coffee you drink should be certified organic. No if’s and’s or but’s about it. Think about it, we’re griding this stuff into a powder so that the boiling water we’ll be pouring over it can extract what is in there. .. You only want to be extracting good stuff. Trust me, your body and taste buds will thank you for it.
- Only purchase whole beans and grind only what you’ll use right before you use it.
- Buy from a local roaster and make sure that what you buy hasn’t been sitting around.
- Only buy enough to last you a week.. max. Hey, you buy fresh food every week.. And coffee is one of those pleasures that simply should be as good as possible. It does make a difference.
There you have it. Simple. Enjoy your coffee and your life. .. You know it only takes a little extra effort to bring things up to the next level, I think you deserve it.
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