CoffeeGeek on Nostr: I've had this conversation privately with several preeminent coffee roasters ...
I've had this conversation privately with several preeminent coffee roasters (including the fellow who pioneered freezing green coffee), and several years back conducted tests myself.
Freezing roasted coffee damages roasted coffee. Coffee is the world's most complex food item, by a factor of 4 over the next most complex (red wine). I have not tasted or experienced anything to change that opinion. :)
To me, this current trend of "freeze your single doses, grind frozen coffee" is just a gentler variant of adding butter or olive oil to espresso shots. ;) You'd be better off possibly freezing your burrs just before grinding.
Sidenote - I read that article. It has unintended, and untested side effects. It's like that other science report that came out a few months back that Jim Hoffmann amplified about spritzing your coffee 4, 5x more than normal RDT to put in a grinder to grind coffee for espresso. It gave one positive outcome, at the expensive of damaging coffee grinders, and rendering things like plasma coils not only ineffective, but gumming them up and increasing retention in grinders.
Freezing roasted coffee damages roasted coffee. Coffee is the world's most complex food item, by a factor of 4 over the next most complex (red wine). I have not tasted or experienced anything to change that opinion. :)
To me, this current trend of "freeze your single doses, grind frozen coffee" is just a gentler variant of adding butter or olive oil to espresso shots. ;) You'd be better off possibly freezing your burrs just before grinding.
Sidenote - I read that article. It has unintended, and untested side effects. It's like that other science report that came out a few months back that Jim Hoffmann amplified about spritzing your coffee 4, 5x more than normal RDT to put in a grinder to grind coffee for espresso. It gave one positive outcome, at the expensive of damaging coffee grinders, and rendering things like plasma coils not only ineffective, but gumming them up and increasing retention in grinders.