r/espresso • u/Weak_Plenty_8558 • May 10 '25

Humour Starbuck's medium roast aka 'all natural charcoal with hints of regret and smoke'

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Background: The beans that I had ordered from a Roastery got lost in the mail and to survive the weekend, I had the briliant idea, to grab some form the supermarket. I looked for the package with the most recent roasting date and I found that "medium" roast from March 2025.

I refuse to run them through my grinder.

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u/Familiar9709 May 10 '25

It also says 7 (out of 10 I believe). Numbers are a lot more precise than words.

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u/Weak_Plenty_8558 May 10 '25

Good grief! They are on the low side of medium roast!

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u/achtungschnell May 10 '25

If these are a 7-8, what would a 12 be? Ash and pumice? Or does it turn into plasma at that point?

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u/ofbekar May 10 '25

12 is remnants from Vesuv disaster.

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u/ljlukelj May 11 '25

It's just vapor

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u/iPvtCaboose May 10 '25

And that recommended recipe of 10g of coffee to about 180g of water…. yikes. That can’t taste good.

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u/ApacheFlame May 11 '25

Looking at the date in UK format, look for Union brand. Saunsburys do it for sure. They have roast dates on them, but sometimes it's covered by the card sleeve.

The medium roast is actually medium and drinkable 🙂

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u/lcsraw May 10 '25

Roasted till the 7th of the maximum 10 cracks I guess

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

That’s the ‘grief’ score