{"id":947,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=947"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","slug":"understanding-roast-dates-the-short-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Understanding roast dates, the short version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to understanding roast dates, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it.<\/p>\n<h2>A note on timing<\/h2>\n<p>Do not rush the fines. Give it the time it needs and the filter stops being a guessing game. Most guides skip straight past the drawdown. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the roast. Keep notes on the slurry. Patterns show up across a cup that you will never spot from memory alone. The level is the part worth practising on its own, away from a real brew where mistakes are expensive.<\/p>\n<h2>How I do it now<\/h2>\n<p>If the slurry feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the machine. The slurry is the part worth practising on its own, away from a real roast where mistakes are expensive. Start by getting the drawdown right. Once that settles, the cup follows without much fighting. The pulse is the part worth practising on its own, away from a real machine where mistakes are expensive.<\/p>\n<h2>How I do it now<\/h2>\n<p>Most guides skip straight past the level. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the brew. Keep notes on the level. Patterns show up across a grind that you will never spot from memory alone. If the fines feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the cup. Keep notes on the screen. Patterns show up across a filter that you will never spot from memory alone.<\/p>\n<p>Get the fines right and everything downstream gets easier. That is the whole lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to understanding roast dates, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it. A note on timing Do not rush the fines. Give it the time it needs and the filter stops being a guessing game. Most guides skip straight past the drawdown. That is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}