What to do with 5+ year old green, unroasted coffee?

#1: Post by **jedovaty** » December 1st, 2018, 3:26 pm

Due to... reasons... I have many pounds of unroasted, green coffee, some of it has been vac sealed and some has been subject to poor storage. Range 5-7 years.

I roasted samples of some and results were pretty nasty.

Safe to compost? Will the inherent caffeine get into the soil and then into my tomatoes? Chuck them in the trash bin?

If the caffeine absorbs into the tomatoes, then, like the tomacco, I can have caffatos.

Searching interwebs seems to only yield results for roasted grounds. That's an easy one.

#2: Post by **johnny4lsu** » December 1st, 2018, 4:58 pm

Roast dark and donate to a homeless mission.

#3: Post by **Cwilli62** » December 1st, 2018, 6:06 pm

Composting then would be okay. No detrimental effects.

#4: Post by **drgary** » December 2nd, 2018, 11:24 am

Sometimes you might be surprised that the coffee has aged into something very mellow if you do the drying phase very fast. It worked for me on a dense bean with a lot of sweetness in it.

Roasting and Appreciating Aged Coffees

#5: Post by **yakster** » December 2nd, 2018, 12:19 pm

Someone with a new roaster could use them as seasoning greens, then break in a grinder before composting.

#6: Post by **jammin** » December 2nd, 2018, 8:45 pm

discover a new batch size for your roaster. perhaps run several 100g batches in your Huky until you have the settings nailed. then you'll have a baseline for the good stuff.