When it comes to food and beverage items, some people are sticklers for product expiration dates. Others seem to think the ‘best if used by’ time stamps are simply there as a suggestion. But what happens when you abide by them and still end up with spoiled products? A man in Charlotte, Texas, just found out the hard way, after he purchased and started to drink a can of Black Rifle espresso that had already gone bad.
The Texas resident, who goes by @andrew.facecam on TikTok, told viewers about his experience on September 29th. In need of a caffeine boost, he decided on Black Rifle coffee instead of his usual Red Bull. He claims he used to drink them daily, and didn’t think twice about buying or drinking yet another can. It wasn’t until he had tasted it that something seemed awry.
I opened it, and I smelled it. thought it smelled a little bit weird, but I thought maybe I just forgot what it smelled like. So I tasted a little bit of it, and I was like, I don’t know. I can’t tell.
Andrew decided to look for the product’s expiration date. To his relief, it was listed as October 2025. He let the open can of coffee sit for a couple of minutes during his Texas commute. Then he smelled it one more time. The second sniff took away lingering doubts. There was no mistaking that the milk in the coffee was rotten. The ‘best if used by’ date was wrong.
“Bro, that smells so bad,” the Texas shopper stated, grimacing at the drink’s stench. He went on to describe the odor as metallic, spoiled milk. Judging by his face, it’s not difficult to imagine how bad that combination was on his taste buds and nose.
Spoiled Texas Taste Test Raises Expiry Questions
Andrew raised valid concerns about ‘best if used by’ dates. They’re supposed to indicate the peak freshness of the food or drink in question. In other words, consuming something outside those dates shouldn’t matter in terms of product safety. Yet in the case of any dairy item, I’d say that those dates need to be extra firm.
Hopefully, Andrew’s experience with his Black Rifle espresso is an isolated incident and doesn’t affect all the cans at that specific Texas store.
