Left my beans in a warm car for 3 days, ruined a full pound of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

I roasted a pound last Friday, forgot the bag in my trunk after a trip to the hardware store. Temps hit 90 here in Austin. When I finally brewed it Monday, it tasted flat and sour, no fruit at all. I thought the airtight bag would save it, nope. Lesson learned: that oil on the beans goes rancid fast in heat. Now I keep an insulated cooler bag in the car for bean runs. Has anyone else killed a batch this way or was it just my dumb move?

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ellis.robert22h ago

Three days in a Texas trunk, that oil never stood a chance.