How to Choose the Best Tasting Coffee Beans

There are few things to take into consideration when choosing the best flavored coffee beans. First of all, what kind of roast do you like? Roasting coffee beans releases the essential oils, and how long they are roasted directly impacts their overall flavor. If coffee beans are roasted for a shorter period of time, they will have a light flavor. If coffee beans are roasted for longer, they will have a dark and smoky taste.

The next thing to take into consideration is where the coffee has been grown. Coffee trees develop their own characteristics in the region they are grown in, based on the soil quality, rainfall, and even growing processes. You can take the time to sample coffee beans from regions around the world to see which you like the best!

Finally, when you get your coffee beans home, make sure that you store them in an opaque, airtight container to prevent oxidation and preserve their freshness. Mmm...

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How Fresh is Grocery Store Coffee?

Thousands of Americans purchase coffee in the grocery store, but you may want to think twice about your investment in your brew.

First of all, after coffee is roasted, it will sit in a warehouse for two weeks at a time. From that point, it will be loaded onto a truck and moved to different distribution centers where it can sit for up to a week. If the grocery store chain decides that they want the coffee product, then it will be moved to another distribution center until the store is ready for it. After it is finally shelved, it can sit on the shelf for months at a time until it is purchased!

More popular coffee products will be purchased more quickly, but lesser known brands can sit on the shelves of the grocery store for months at a time. The bottom line is that if you want the freshest Java possible, then you need to buy freshly roasted coffee beans that are whole. Look for a company (like mine!) that will ship the coffee beans to you the day that they are roasted for premium freshness in your brew!

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Buy Your Coffee Beans Fresh

If you are purchasing pre-ground coffee from a grocery store, then stop! No, I am not a coffee dictator, but I care about your well-being in enjoying a truly delicious cup of Joe. Most commonly purchased whole coffee beans from a grocery store will have been sitting on the shelf for weeks at a time so that they are not fresh in any way.

Furthermore, if you are not purchasing freshly roasted coffee beans, then they will definitely be lacking in their favor. If you purchased pre-ground coffee, then it will be stale because freshly ground coffee goes stale within 30 minutes, so there is no way that the coffee that is pre-ground found at the grocery store can meet these standards.

When you are purchasing fresh, whole coffee beans, it is best to purchase directly from a roaster or online retailer like myself. However, you do need to be careful to look in detail on the website to make sure the beans are freshly roasted the day that they ship to you, otherwise, you will be buying the same quality of coffee beans that you could find sitting on a shelf for months at a time in any grocery store location.

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The Internet is the Best Source For Fresh Coffee

Yes, it is true, and it is not just because I am biased since I sell freshly roasted coffee myself on my website. The truth of the matter is that if you check out any coffee sold in a grocery store, then it probably has been sitting on the shelf for months at a time, making it far from fresh. Unless you live near a premium coffee roaster and have the luxury of purchasing beans directly from them, then you need to start to look online to see which websites can help you out.

First, make sure that you check that the beans are freshly roasted the day that they ship to you. Next, look at how long the shipping will take, since the best time to enjoy freshly roasted beans is around three to five days after they have been roasted. If the beans that you are purchasing are freshly roasted the day that they ship, and they arrive within a week, then you should be totally set because they still will be in their window of freshness at up to 14 days. Do not hesitate to ask your distributor what the roasting date is for the beans, which should not be an issue if they are being roasted the day that they ship to you. It makes sense! Again, it is worth being said that you should always purchase whole beans from coffee distributors and not the pre-ground variety, since pre-ground coffee will go stale within two hours, and I doubt it will make it to you in the mail by that time. Cheers!

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What is the Shelf Life of Your Coffee?

Fantastic question! The not so good news is that if you are still enjoying any type of pre-ground coffee from the grocery store then it is incredibly stale. You can double or triple that for pre-ground decaf purchased from the grocery store because it is a less popular choice, so it probably has been stocked up for a longer period of time. The best way to go is to buy whole and freshly roasted coffee beans, which you can find on my site, and they are freshly roasted the day that they ship to you. From there, they began to emit gases and release carbon dioxide within the first three days of roasting, and they are best enjoyed with a maximum freshness up to a week to 10 days after roasting. Once it gets to the two week mark, your beans will be completely stale and have lost the majority of their flavor. This is also why it is important to freshly grind all of your coffee beans because after being ground, the beans only have a few hours before they start to go stale. Make sure that you are also storing your freshly roasted beans in an airtight container so they have limited contact with oxygen, and you will be able to enjoy the fresh flavors and tastes for up to two weeks at a time! Delicious.

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How To Find the Freshest Coffee Every Time

If you are constantly being faced with coffee related decisions, then you need to know what to look for to make sure that your cup of Joe is always at its best and tasting the freshest. There is nothing worse than taking a sip of your Java that is waiting for you, only to find that it is bitter and flat. Coffee itself is a delicious and complex beverage that offers so many notes of flavor that I would hate for you to miss out at any time! Here are some simple tips of what to look for in any situation to ensure that your brew is always at its best:

• Buy whole coffee beans.
• Grind all of your beans freshly at home in a coffee grinder. The Kitchenaid BCG100 Coffee Grinder is only $35.99, and it grinds from fine to coarse and is easy to clean because it is dishwasher safe.
• Use a French Press to extract all of the essential oils from your bean for the best flavor. I love the Bodum Chambord 3 Cup Coffee Press because it is personal size, and it actually won the Best French Press award from The American Culinary Institute in 2004.
• If you are out at a coffee shop, buy some of their beans to grind at home and test the flavors.
• Be sure to ask the roast date of any coffee shop's beans to ensure freshness.

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