Are oily coffee beans drinkable!?
Contents:
1. Coffee beans have abundant coffee oil.
2. Stale beans smell rancid.
Some coffee myths in the market that “coffee beans are not fresh if they are oily” is actually not correct. If we judge the quality of coffee beans by oily or not, you may miss some good shops and good coffee beans.
Coffee beans have abundant coffee oil.
Coffee beans are rich in coffee oil. When the beans are lightly roasted, the oil will not come out, but when the beans are dar roasted, it is easier to see the oily surface of the beans. Beans that produce oil are usually dark-roasted beans. Dark roasting softens the beans. After the beans are soft, oil tends to come out of the surface of the beans.
If the beans are soft, even if they are lightly roasted, they will oily. The most common country for soft beans is Honduras. Usually, it will be oily on the surface. However, different beans will have different hardness. If it is Ethiopian washed lightly roasted beans, because they are very hard and dense, even if they are dark roasted, they will not be oily.
Stale beans smell rancid.
Usually, we can easily smell rancid from not fresh beans, which is the smell after oil oxidized. If the beans appear oily on the surface but no rancid smell, then it is ok. So next time you buy beans, if you see that the beans are oily on the surface, please smell it first. You can judge the freshness of the beans by rancid smell or fresh bean fragrance, Share with you a good coffee with rich aroma and structures.
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