Comments on: Are You Storing Your Coffee Properly?

By: riesal

riesal — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:55:30 +0000

you can safely use one way valve bag/gusset for roasted coffee and drink not more than 1 month.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:31:17 +0000

NO do not store coffee in the freezer. This is terrible as it will attract moisture each time you bring it out to use it, degrading the flavor. Coffee should be fresh from a roaster, stored in a cool, dry place (cupboard!) and used within a week or two.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:12:12 +0000

Will 4 year old vacuum packed be safe to drink?

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:19:28 +0000

“This is more likely if he is a small corner shop and not a big distributor”

I meant to put this comment at point no. 2 rather than no. 1 (though it may be applicable to point no. 1 also…)

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:16:54 +0000

My personal experience has been that the fridge and the freezer adversely affect the flavour (possibly the adverse effect of freezing the oils?). For me, I’ve found the best thing is to find a local coffee roaster whose roasted coffee *REALLY IS* fresh, ie. max. 3 or 4 days old (not by any means automatic although all roasters will for fairly obvious reasons swear blind their coffee is fresh!!!) and then keep it sealed in the bag and as free as possible from oxygen. Consume within four weeks.

By the way, don’t necessarily trust valve bags. Look up this somewhat alarming study on the internet: http://www.pacificbag.net/articles/VALVEEFFECTIVENESSSTUDY.pdf .

Also purchase a good quality coffee grinder and grind your beans immediately before brewing.

I follow these basic rules and I find my coffee tastes delicious.

But what I have learnt from my (limited) experience is that you have to be sure:
1. that your roaster is using good quality coffee beans. This is more likely if he is a small corner shop and not a big distributor.
2. what he is selling REALLY IS freshly roasted.

By: Lucia Ruiz

Lucia Ruiz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:10:28 +0000

Coffee Storage – I found contradicting information on your website regarding coffee storage, on the home page it says not to store in freezer or fridge, but in the proper storage link it states you can do both. What really is proper storage?