TIL roast dates matter way more than roast level

I used to buy dark roast bags from the grocery store and thought they tasted fine. Then a barista in Portland showed me a bag with a roast date 3 weeks old and let me taste it next to one roasted 4 days ago, same beans. That freshness gap was bigger than any dark vs light difference I ever noticed. Anyone else do side by side tastings like this or is that just me?

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king.lisa1mo ago

That Portland barista changed my mind too. Freshness is everything.

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