The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
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The webstore sells nothing but stale beans
This review is for coffeebean.com web store. I purchased around 7 pounds of whole coffee bean from the webstore over thanksgiving, including the expensive Jamaica blue mountain which costs 25 dollars for a half pound(I wrote a review on the JBM on Coffebean.com but was blocked by the company and never posted). I received the beans around December 7th. I drink coffee like water and I don't really pay much attention on how it tastes unless it tastes super bad. After drinking these beans for a couple of days, I felt strange that my coffee tasted plain and watery. I use a super automatic machine so it could not be a brewing problem. I also realized my kitchen no longer has that "coffee aroma" when I brew, and I am surprised how good my lobby smelled downstairs when I walk past that coffee vending machine even with my mask on. Then I realized all the beans I received are roasted between April and June, therefore the freshest Beans I got was Roasted almost half a year ago! I understand due to the sale I shouldn't be asking for the beans to be roasted someday, but half a year go??? This is not acceptable, especially I am ordering directly from the company website, not purchasing from a supermarket or amazon where they might have beans sitting on the shelves for a while. I could only wonder does "The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf" roast their own beans on a regular basis or does the company just purchase their inventory twice a year. Will Never Purchase from them again.