what to do with old coffee?

 I got a dozen vacuum packed ground coffee packs that had best before
date a month ago.
What should I do with them? They are premium quality coffees.

The best before date was about a year after packing date. Maybe they
are still perfectly drinkable? Or should I use them for something
else? Maybe cooking or making coffee drinks or sumthing? Any clever
ideas?

 
If they have been cool all that time, drink them.

If they have been warm or subjected to temperature changes, use them as
fertilizer in the garden.

 On Nov 10, 3:52 pm, chilisinca...@gmail.com wrote:

use them. The coffee is dried & sealed.


NT

 

chilisinca...@gmail.com wrote:

By the way, it's OK to remove those tags from your pillows too.

The "best by" dates don't mean as much for coffee as they do for meat
or milk. I think the coffee would be good for years. It may not be
quite as good as new though.

Just because items are sealed does not mean there are no leaks. A well
sealed ink cart can dry up in a couple of years. You can open it and
the ink is dried. The volatile elements have escaped. Herbs and ground
coffee release volatile gasses that can escape as well.

 

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Al Bundy wrote:


The worst you'll find, if the packages were not sealed is that they've
gone rancid.  But I think they'd need to be open like for 5 years or
something.  I wouldn't worry about it, I'd just use it and see.  Won't
kill ya.