Age of beans
Coffee beans grow old after roasting. With increasing aging dissipates the flavor and the coffee is rancid fat. Unfortunately, no production date on the package, so we have something here expect and appreciate. When max. Time for a coffee with valve (which has the Jacobs pack) are generally recognized 1.5 years (with welded 2). Really good coffee, however, is only in the first 6 months.
My pack has a MHD of 02/2015. If we draw it from 1.5 years, we arrive at a probable Röstdatum from 08/2013. I bought the package in 10/2013. The coffee should therefore not be superimposed.
Appearance of
My first thought: Oh no!
The Robusta Share (assessed subjectively, I have not counted) is likely to be 20-30% in order. Some of the beans are spotted, then there may be a mechanical readout medium quality. Something else I would have not expected. But that does not affect the taste.
Far worse is what Jacobs has done the beans during roasting. The beans have "charred" a fluctuating degree of roasting of "brown" to whether Robusta or Arabica. In addition, a not contemptible fractional part is and the beans are oily. This is perceived by some as a classic safe Espresso, I have to disagree. The coffee fat belongs to the bean, not outside it. If the fat outside the bean are already before grinding the flavor during storage from, and the fat is quickly rancid.
The Taste
I had first with a fine degree of grinding produces strong espresso (DeLonghi Fully Automatic). To make it short: Wretched crema and flavor of a punch in the face. You can tell the bean that they were tortured.
So grinder to medium, strength and back and made a long coffee. And here the great experience: In spite of the dire state of the beans of the coffee now has character and actually tasted quite ok for its conditions. I would taste described as follows: low acidity, slightly bitter flavor and is going strong towards tobacco. He has a lot more flavor than a discounter coffee that taste bitter either super or simply for nothing.
Summary: Mediocre quality beans, roasting worse, useless as an espresso, but a very good Cafe Creme.
