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Coffee for people who don't like coffee

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Re: Coffee for people who don't like coffee

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A radiation safety officer from UC Berkeley already invented coffee for people who hate coffee. He calls it The Black Blood of the Earth. A quarter of the sales are sent to his fixer who looks after the babushkas in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. https://shop.funraniumlabs.com/

> A radiation safety officer from UC Berkeley already invented coffee for people who hate coffee. Reading through, it's cold brew coffee with an extra vacuum extraction step.

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Re: Coffee for people who don't like coffee

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I would say the best roaster is the roaster where you can get the beans shortly after they are roasted. That is the largest indicator of how much flavor you get out of roasting. I'm not a hardcore coffee snob, but I read the rule of thumb is that 1-3 days after roasting is optimal to begin consumption, with quality eventually decreasing after a week or two. So you want to source a roaster that is able to supply beans…

Beans should be rested for 2-10 days depending on roast level. Lighter = longer. You can freeze beans too.

coffee beans are dessicated and so it's not exactly clear what is meant by "freezing" them, but yes, you can keep them in your freezer. Lower temperatures will slow down biochemical reactions, of course, but oxidation is your main enemy, so you need to make sure your frozen coffee is sealed airtight. the gold standard is to pre-measure the doses and that way you don't need to put coffee back into the freezer haver you have exposed it to more fresh oxygen by opening the container.

you can/should grind it directly from the freezer

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