Hi guys,
I've recently came back from Poland and I brought two packs of coffee, one a typical Italian blend, the other a home roasted blend made for me by a friend. The first one isn't great, extractions look bad, like when using old coffee and I can't really taste anything good, although most shots do have a nice butterscotch aftertaste (I'm guessing it's robusta). The other one is fresh, you can smell it straight in the bag, pulls really nice, but tastes flat and waterish. Both coffees have been used be other people and I know they can give pretty nice results. So I've been wondering, is it possible that something happened to the beans while they were travelling in the baggage hold of the plane? like low pressure sucked out the good bits or something similar? or is it just me being useless...again.
Regards,
dsc.