Nicoletti Coffee Espresso (100% Arabica M22 Roast) 2lb Organic Whole Beans

These coffee beans don't impress right out of the bag. In my experience, there's no fresh coffee scent. Nothing like what I expected. Even as it's brewing, there's no coffee fragrance, to bring on the usual "fresh coffee smiles". But in a coffee mug, sitting there to cool off a bit, this coffee changes, mysteriously, into a lovely coffee substance. The taste turns out to be something very honest and nice. I have other "fresh roast" coffee beans in my stash, but I have been reaching for these.My theory, concerning these Fresh Roasted coffee beans: The heavy, distinct smell of coffee beans which we have come to expect, is actually the scent of older beans which have been off-gassing in the bag. That lovely smell is just coffee bean gas. This disappears into the air and the finished cup has nothing like it. In other words, older coffee beans with the strongest "bag" smell can turn out to be nothing but mugs of disappointment. These Nicoletti Coffee beans, being fresh roasted, have not sat around long enough for out-gassing to start inside the bag. So they can seem to be scentless. Fresh ground and brewed...they are wonderful.I have come around to some deep appreciation for Nicoletti Coffee (from Brooklyn Fresh Roasters) . I recommend this Fresh Roast coffee company