Important information gleaned from a coffee forum:
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[I]I can say that we place 9 months on our retail packs from roasting to best before. The code is roast date expressed as the Julian Date.
2348
2 = 2012
348- day of the year*
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I've noticed that other manufacturers are also using this date code for the batch number. The bags of Union that I just looked at in Waitrose were around four weeks old, but given that they are gassed in the bag, I reckon they might be quite fresh. Will need to try.
Important information gleaned from a coffee forum:
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I've noticed that other manufacturers are also using this date code for the batch number. The bags of Union that I just looked at in Waitrose were around four weeks old, but given that they are gassed in the bag, I reckon they might be quite fresh. Will need to try.