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Stevethecoffee
Nice one. WRT resting and optimal freshness it tends to depend on the amount of convection used during roasting. On my kit which is low convection, the coffee tastes best about 3 weeks post roast. It’s so smooth, rich and defined at that point. That continues up to about 8 weeks when it starts to drop off but not suddenly. Prior to the 3 weeks it’s more edgy, less than a week and it’s just not nearly as sweet or defined.
Roasters using high convection machines like Lorings and Petroncinis tend to get better results at 3 days to 3 weeks, with drop-off happening a bit earlier, but you should still expect great flavour at 6 weeks post roast provided it’s well packed and stored. I think the freshly roasted thing gets a bit over played.