Today in our From Farm to Cup blog series, we are going to look at the next step for the beans: best tips for fresh coffee at home. Stale coffee is the worst. Nothing is more disappointing than making some coffee only for it to smell noticeably stale when you open the bag, and simply not fresh. Keeping coffee fresh is extremely important for taste and the strength of coffee. If this describes an area that sounds appealing to learn more about, then here are some tips to store better and have fresher coffee.
Coffee being kept fresh is very important for making great tasting cups of coffee. To keep it from losing freshness and flavor quickly, following these tips will be helpful. The freshest coffee leads to the best flavor. Next week, the From Farm to Cup blog series will discuss tasting profiles in coffee and why some coffees might be sweet, while others might be bitter. Thank you for joining us in this journey!
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♦1 – Hoffman, James. “The World Atlas of Coffee.” Octopus Books, 10.4.2018.
♦2 – Rao, Scott. “The Coffee Roaster’s Companion.” 2014.