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However I did notice a couple of interesting things about these beans, one is that the purchase weight 14+ years ago and the current weight is the same. The other that after degassing for only 48 hours in most cases, sometimes 72, there seems to be no carbon dioxide (mild foam) release when...

peterjschmidt, Thank you for your quick, informative, and kind reply. In future I will ensure that the beans are used as soon as possible and certainly within one year. That said, these green beans themselves have no off smell. Once roasted and de-gassed they smell just as I remembered as...

I am brand new to this forum and I am by no means an expert coffee taster. I did however drink many good cups of espresso in Italy, and fine cups of coffee in France, when I was young. I am also a senior citizen and my taste buds are not what they used to be. Like many seniors I now prefer...