You'll be fine. If you make coffee with them and it tastes bad, then just pitch them. Or dump a shit ton of sugar and milk into it like those fairies at Starbucks.
Cream. Milk is for tea.
They’ll be as bad as they were a month after roast8ng. Once they die, they don’t degrade much.
Amd to that, drink coffe within a m9 th to 6 weeks from roasting date.
Wait, whole bean or ground? If ground, it’s dead 3 hours after grinding.
Based on one experience. I had coffee from 2 year expired beans once. Tasted fine to me. I got them as a Christmas gift and never opened them. Found them in the back of the cupboard one day and said fuck it.
yah 2 years is the go to amount food charities use for how expired something can be, the only exceptions are baby food and dog food which have much stricter dating
I'd best worst case scenario, the coffee tastes nasty. give them a grind and see.
Vacuum sealing them helps maintain freshness, but they still sat a while before being packed.
Don't know about "good", but they won't poison you. Grind some up and brew them. If you're paranoid, only have a small sip of the first brew and spit it out once you've tasted and judged it.
Going to try it right now
It's almost midnight bro, are you crazy?
I'm a couple hours behind you on the west coast. FYI the coffee didn't taste very good.
vac sealed is good, you'll still enjoy it
Absolutely. I vacuum sealed some trail mix like 8+ years ago and it’s still good to this day. As long as the beans weren’t exposed to excessive heat they will be fine.
They are dry roasted beans in a sealed package. I'd definitely drink it at 8mos, and I'd at least try them at 2 years past! If they are kept in the freezer all that time, longer. They are just dry beans. Dry beans (that you eat) can last many years if you store them properly. Coffee beans are roasted, theoretically they could last longer.
That expiration date just means they want you to discard it by that date and go buy more of their product, like your neighbor did. Great neighbor to have! Lol!
You can often exceed the use by date on dry products as long as they stay sealed and out of the heat.
Factory ground/packaged coffee is similar, some vacuum pack or inert gas fill the package which significantly improves shelf life.
They will be stale, but they are unlikely to be spoiled/rancid.
Edit: if they are rancid, you will know as soon as you smell them. They will smell like bad french fryer oil.
I tried some and it didn't taste like it should. Wasn't terrible though, just not good. I froze the unopened bags to save for a time when I run out of fresh coffee. I tried them in drip and that is when it didn't taste right. I also made espresso which was not bad.
It's oxygen that ruins roasted coffee over time, so vacuum sealing should preserve it for a lot longer.
yes you're fine, I'd use 'em
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