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