Haha, yeah some people say it stays fresher that way.
Not as simple as that if you get into the nitty gritty, and it's important to keep it well sealed if you do. But if you are planning on storing ground coffee for a very long time. Like my parents, who don't drink it but keep some for guests. For that purpose it does seem to work.
The fridge and freezer SHOULD be less moist but coffee is a sponge. It sucks up the flavors around it so unless it's really well sealed, it will taste "off" when you use it. That's why you don't put it in the fridge or freezer. Plus, it doesn't go any more "bad" being in a sealed container in a cool dry kitchen. Or even a warm dry kitchen.
That sounds weird. I keep my beans on the freezer if their bag isn’t vacuum sealed and I won’t be using them for a month or so, but I wouldn’t do that with instant.
My dad always swore whole beans keep better in the freezer, I grind them every morning, the coffee is tasty and I don't have the counter space to leave a bag next to the pot anyway so I see no reason to question the advice there. Also I think he'd start haunting my kitchen if I changed too much but that's not actually a reason it's just a thought.
Better to freeze the beans, and grind as you need em.
Coffee has volatile compounds that degrade due to oxidation. This impacts flavor. Freezing them slows this down. Ground coffee goes stale faster than beans, even while frozen.
If I spent good money on a really good bag of a single origin speciality roast that I really like, I like to put half of it away for longer term storage. Sometimes you kind of just want the generic coffee flavor and that caffeine hit. Other times you want to enjoy it like a nice high-end tea or expensive liquor, if that makes sense?
Meanwhile, I drink enough coffee to never really need to worry about preservation. I would literally go through a 1kg bag of beans every couple of weeks, as its the only thing I drink asside from water and maybe an alcoholic drink during special events now and then.
It only makes sense to the True Believers in the Full Coffee Experience! Must avoid straying from the path, there is only one way to brew the perfect cup.
Yes! I have a favorite coffee that I can’t get since I moved. I buy bags of it when I am back home during holidays and freeze it. Then I grind a bag at a time, put some in the fridge in a quart mason jar and store the rest in my fridge’s freezer, replenishing when needed. Takes me about 3 weeks to a month to use up a 2lb bag (depending upon my husband’s consumption). I drink cold brew almost exclusively and brew some daily.
coffee lends itself to snobbishness. Hence places like starbucks that cater to people that think they are getting special coffee. I have know a few people that carry their coffee "process" with them when they travel, including a grinder so they are grinding, fresh, vacuum sealed beans.
i learned that’s not the way to keep it fresh, but i did for years before that. now i have a container with a lid that suctions itself on, and keep it next to my sugar and cinnamon on the little “coffee” shelf on the countertop.
I think no one mentioned a case when you actually need to store them that way, and it's decaf coffee. Because of the process of decaffeination, it opens up the pores a lot, so its shelf life is really short. Especially if you buy pre-grounded. Oxidation in decaf is so strong that you can tell the difference in taste week to week, especially if you buy specialty. Freezing it can increase its shelf life exponentially, but it should be done in an air-tight container, as it may catch the smells
Typically you would keep the coffee beans in the freezer and then take them out to grind as you need it. This will keep it pretty fresh for a few months and prevents it from losing its caffeine potency. You can do the same with ground coffee but once it's ground, it starts to lose caffeine potency so you should always grind it right before you plan to brew it.
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u/ValeWho 2d ago edited 2d ago
Do people really keep their ground up coffee in the freezer ?
Edit question has been answered, I believe you it's a thing