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How quickly is quickly? I literally yesterday bought my first bag of decaf and mixed them with my regular beans. I need to sleep more, and reducing caffeine in
by haswell 2y ago
How quickly is quickly?
I literally yesterday bought my first bag of decaf and mixed them with my regular beans. I need to sleep more, and reducing caffeine intake is the low hanging fruit.
Decades of habits around buying and using normal beans are about to be replaced, and this comment is already helpful.
- jb1991 2y agoI think it depends how you brew it. Filter, for example, is a lot more forgiving on flavor than espresso. My decaf beans start to go bad for espresso after a few days of buying them, but for filter they will last much longer. One recommendation by coffee aficionados is to freeze your decaf beans as soon as you get them and then grind them frozen. I haven't tried that yet, I just buy in small batches so they are usually rather fresh. Mixing half decaf with regular beans is a great idea, I've been doing that for years. The mix of flavors is good too, if you are brewing filter. You can get away with a lot more when you do filter.
- haswell 2y agoThis is really helpful. I’m doing pour over, and I tend to use lower temperature water, so it sounds like I’ve got some leeway.