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‘Coffee only good 3 days after roasting’.
Handy statement considering they recommend 80-90gms per session.
withered_preacher-
Is that from the manufacturer? Can't see that being the case, as far as I'm aware a roast tends hit it's peak within the first week before going off and I'd set a rough limit of around a month as a 'use by' date.
Can't see anything specific to stovetop roasting that would cause the quality to drop off quicker than a conventional roaster.
Edit: Spotted that it's from the ZenRoast site, yeah I don't buy that for a minute, especially when accompanied by the "coffee is only fresh 3 minutes after brewing". Guess my siphon that takes about 10 minutes to cool can go in the bin I guess!
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Yeh that’s definitely not true. Lots of roasters reckon the roast is best around 30 days.
La Cabra say for example:
Our coffee performs best when thoroughly rested. For both espresso and filter brewing they peak after 30 days. In the case of filter we are happy to brew them after 14 days but after a month is ideal. The experience will be far superior; better flavour clarity, more integrated acidity and less bitterness. They simply open up, tasting more transparent and structured. We've aslo written a more in depth blog post about this.
But maybe home roasting like that is different?
mmccarthy
Fyoosh
Doing some tentative research into roasting at home, currently looking at something like the ZenRoast/Nuvo Eco.
Is it possible to get a decent roast from those? Or is it the case that you're looking at several hundred pounds and permanent counter space for a half decent roast? From reading various reviews, it seems they're decent value as long as you can accept the tiny quantities that you can roast at a time, the manual effort required and lack of any sort of ventilation.
Anyone have recommendations for decent suppliers that offer consumer quantities of green beans? Or do you just have to pester a commercial roaster and hope that they'll oblige (I did spot someone recently got some from Steve on this thread a while back) ?