Coffee Talk for Nov 19th, 2007 - How to store fresh roasted coffee
Everyone has their favourite old wives tale about storing coffee. Freeze it, seal it in baggies, containers or a variation of all of the above. As you have learned from reading here coffee begins loosing its freshness 7-10 days after roasting. My advice is kind of a trick question as well as practical information. In the not so distant past coffee was roasted in each supermarket. Like so many old ways of doing things they had it right. You bought only what you needed for a week or two. That's the best advice I have. If you can buy from a roaster every few weeks only what you need, go for it. Regardless, only grind the coffee when you are ready to brew, ground coffee looses its freshness minutes after grinding. Store the whole bean coffee in a tightly sealed container. I find putting the container in a freezer or fridge changes nothing. So simply put buy fresh roasted coffee every week or two, store it a sealed container, and grind only when you are ready to brew it. Enjoy your fresh coffee!!!.
Next time - Roast Styles.
Coffee Talk for Nov 11th, 2007 - So you bought fresh roasted coffee, how long does it stay fresh ?
In these days of mass production I am waiting for the day when coffee (you know the brands) will be roasted, packaged and shipped from far off lands like China or India. Maybe they already are I could not say and I'll never drink them and neither should you. When I roast coffee that I know will not be used right away I package the coffee using foil bags with one way valves, heat sealed. The valve allows Co2 gas to release from the sealed bag. It's is a one way valve which means gas can leave but no Oxygen can get in. Oxygen will quickly make the coffee stale, in fact coffee left outside of a sealed bag will begin going stale in about 7-10 days. Co2 is the result of the coffee roast process and if there was no valve then the bag would actually blow open. The valve adds to the cost of packaging but its worth it. When I first got into coffee a roaster showed me a competitors bags where they actually made a pin hole in to release the Co2 gas. So to save some monies they sold a stale product at top dollar to a major retailer in Canada. So look for the bags with the valves this is a good sign.
Coffee Talk for Nov 2nd, 2007 - Roast Dates
Well it took long enough but Evergreen Coffee Company is now operating from Deep Roaster headquarters. I am thrilled to offer you fresh roasted coffee. Its a well known fact that the best pre-roasted coffee (what makes it the best???, the price????) is less satisfying then any quality fresh roasted coffee. Do not be fooled by the fancy bags and labels. Do not buy coffee unless it has got a roast date on it. Best by day does not count. When you find some coffee with roast dates let me know at Sales or better yet buy Evergreen Coffee and save yourself the pain.
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:02PM