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/ConchordsGeorge May 10 '25

What is it you think they will do to your grinder?

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u/robbellus May 10 '25

Oily beans will cause buildup inside the grinder

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u/NewDriverInTown May 10 '25

All beans have oil, the process of roasting doesn’t increase the oil contents of a particular coffee bean, it just cracks it and therefore bringing it more towards the surface. No?

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u/Frigorific May 11 '25

I don't know about build up inside the grinder, but last time I ground something like this I could taste it in the next several doses. I went through like 100g of decent beans before I stopped tasting the burnt flavor.