Comments on: Coffee Storage

By: sydferret

sydferret — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:18:42 +0000

You don’t refrigerate. You buy whole beans, store in cool dark place and burr grind at time of making.

By: Monte

Monte — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:41:21 +0000

I don’t get it…Folgers says OK to store in refrigerator. There preground decaf is in a plastic container.Yet, some say do not store in refrig. What’s the answer? Thanks

By: Avin

Avin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:40:27 +0000

DON’T freeze coffee beans. This dehydrates the coffee beans pushing the oils out of them. The oils get degenerated once they are removed from the bean. This article seems to contradict itself several times – almost stating at one point that it really does not matter how you store coffee beans to ending-up giving the wrong advise to freeze coffee beans.

By: EricH5470

EricH5470 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:36:41 +0000

P.S. beyond the manufactures suggested Best By: date… Like I said… The beans dont have to brew the greatest cup of coffee.. just to be moderately tolerable for the given situation.

By: EricH5470

EricH5470 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:32:53 +0000

I can relate to what you guys (members of this website) are saying. I love coffee just as much as you do; if not more… I’m not trying to sound rude… although I may come across that way. But, I think the reason some people are asking about long term storage and mentioning instant coffee is for their Disaster Preparedness Supplies/Survival Food Supply Storage. In which case… I dont think that a poor cup of coffee is going to be the first thing on your mind the morning after. I think that you will be greatful to have even one a poor cup of coffee; or. even a cup of coffee from twice brewed grounds. Believe me.. I spent 4 years in the Army overseas in a war zone. I know the feeling of “No Coffee Available” and even “twice and 3 times brewed coffee” People like me just want to know what the shelf life is of a brick of coffee from the date you buy it at the store so they can add it to their food storage and rotate it out of storage as, or before it expires.

By: goldfilm

goldfilm — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:44:24 +0000

I usually buy four bricks of Lavazza ground espresso from Amazon. What’s the best way to store the unopened bricks, and the best way to store the opened package? The open one could last me almost a month, I drink about five cups a week.

By: thehumble1

thehumble1 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000

@Jo. Espresso beans are coffee beans, but they are roasted differently so they are stickier and even more oily. espresso is just a method of roasting, grinding, and pressure-brewing, so these methods will work fine too. Just don’t buy a bunch of “espresso” coffee that’s already ground to an espresso size.

about instant: if you put in a spoon of sugar and skim milk, you have a caffeine drink and that’s fine and dandy, to each her own, but it’s not going to help people store real coffee flavor. I hope your switch to instant wasn’t due to trying to keep the flavor.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:49:58 +0000

What about espresso beans, how to store and how long do they last after purchasing?

By: I.B. Kafn8ed

I.B. Kafn8ed — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:33 +0000

I agree 100% If you think instant is coffee you have NEVER had a Good / Great cup of Coffee. I’ve been enjoying coffee for over 50 years….GREAT Coffee for the past 3 since I learned how to brew it.

Kafn8ed

By: Frank Joseph

Frank Joseph — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:52:29 +0000

Thanks for this useful storage advice. I agree with the last commenter about the worthlessness of instant coffee, but here’s a great substitute: Put your hot freshly-brewed coffee in a heatproof Mason jar (or any jar with a tight seal) and FREEZE it. What you unfreeze will be a delicious cup of almost-freshly-brewed coffee — light-years away from instant. In fact, I challenge anyone to tell a difference between (un)frozen and freshly-brewed coffee; only the most serious palates will be able to do so. All credit to my sister Judy who gave me this tip.