Comments on: Are You Storing Your Coffee Properly? http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/storing-your-coffee-properly.html Talk About Coffee is a must visit site for all the coffee lovers out there :)) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Keith http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/storing-your-coffee-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-4078 Keith Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/are-you-storing-your-coffee-properly.html#comment-4078 "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...) “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 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/storing-your-coffee-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-4077 Keith Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:16:54 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/are-you-storing-your-coffee-properly.html#comment-4077 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: 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. 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 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/storing-your-coffee-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-3546 Lucia Ruiz Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:10:28 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/are-you-storing-your-coffee-properly.html#comment-3546 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? 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?

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