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Originally Posted by squirrelyburt
... do you prefer grinding your own or does it really make that much of a difference?
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The only difference is freshness. And different people have different levels of acceptability for freshness. And some people doctor up their coffee quite a bit, so that hides any loss of flavor.
The whole beans keep fresh longer. I use to always grind my own beans, but nowadays I just buy it in smaller batches (I laugh at those 55 gallon drums of Folgers that they sell). Once the vacumm sealed bag is opened it's stored in an air tight container. It keeps well enough for me. Espresso I still grind right before each use.
The WORST thing you can do to coffee is keep it on the warmer all day. Uck! Almost can't drink coffee in a resturant because of that.