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Used to buy pre-ground beans from the grocery store for years until a barista friend roasted me alive
I was that person who grabbed whatever bag of Folgers was on sale and called it a morning routine. Then about 8 months ago my buddy who works at a shop in Denver literally laughed when I said I thought my coffee was fine. He handed me a bag of whole beans roasted 3 days prior and let me use his grinder. I bought my own cheap burr grinder the next week and honestly it feels like a different drink entirely now. Has anyone else had that moment where someone showed you what you were missing and you felt kinda dumb about it?
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sean_cooper581mo agoMost Upvoted
Man the thing nobody talks about is how all that pre-ground stuff has basically been stale for weeks before it even hits the shelf. You're not even tasting coffee at that point, just brown dust water.
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hall.joel1mo ago
Hitting back at @sean_cooper58 because you're totally right about the staleness thing, but what gets me is how long the "fresh" whole beans sit around too. I actually bought a bag from a local roaster that had a "roasted on" date six weeks earlier and I didn't check before buying. So like, how do you even figure out if the beans you're getting are actually fresh unless you're standing there looking at the date stamp? Feels like half the stores just rotate stock poorly.
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