Hi Everyone,
I am kind of new in the coffee world. Bought one of those non-commercial coffee machines and have started making my own espressos. It is a challenge for non-expert person to buy the beans online and understand if they are really freshly roasted or not. At least for me.
I bought from Campos who sends their beans with a dated packs. However I felt like they are taking one from shelve which was roasted while ago and putting a date sticker on them as if roasted on the date of purchase or delivery. I am not 100% sure so I cannot say anything negative for the brand.
Later, I have started trying Coffee Heros. We liked the taste of these one more but again packages are dated manually with a sticker so possibility of getting an old roasted beans it there.
How would you guys understand the freshness of the beans? Any tips? Also any suggested brand out there with good reputation on this?
I would imagine Campos goes through a large volume of coffee beans with the number of cafes/restaurants and retail products they service that they don't have stagnant stock just sitting there for long periods.
Is there a particular reason to suggest they are not being truthful on dates?