Quenching (spraying a small amount of water on hot coffee beans) cools coffee very rapidly through evaporative cooling and has no downsides to coffee quality, though quenched coffee requires slightly less rest time before degassing and will stale slightly faster.

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Quenching does not impact the quality of the coffee whatsoever... will need a little bit less rest before cooling and it will stale slightly quicker.

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Coffee Roasting ExplainedJames Hoffmann
Created: 8/13/2026, 9:53:30 AM

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