What's the Best Way to Store your Beans?
Rule One : Try to Keep beans Airtight & Cool
For your beans the greatest enemies are air, moisture, heat, and light.
So therefore to best preserve your beans’ and keep them with that fresh roasted flavor as long as possible, store them in an solid, air-tight container at room temperature.
Coffee beans look beautiful, but avoid clear canisters which will allow light to compromise the taste of your coffee. SO Keep your beans in a dark & cool place. A cupboard near your oven will probably be to warn or one in direct sunlight.
Coffee's retail boxes are always ideal for long-term storage. If possible, buy a storage canisters with an airtight seal.
Exposure to air is not ideal for your beans. Oe great tip is to split your coffee beans into smaller portions, with the larger, unused portion in an air-tight container, and a daily container.
This is particularly important when buying pre-ground coffee beans, because of the extra exposure to oxygen.
If you buy whole beans, grind the amount you need immediately before making your coffee.
Rule Two : Buy the Right Amount of Beans
Coffee begins to lose freshness after roasting. This process is faster than you think. But this is a little but of a perfectionist stance, it does, but n the real world you have to be a super mad coffee geek pro taster nerd, to notice any major changes i the first couple of weeks.
Realistically, try to buy enough for you to use in one or four weeks.
Should You Freezing Your Beans?
There are different views on whether or not coffee should be frozen or refrigerated, the main consideration is that coffee does absorb moisture and odors, and tastes from the air around it.
Most storage containers will let in small amounts of oxygen, which is why food stored a long time in the freezer will suffer “freezer burn”. Therefore, if you do refrigerate or freeze your beans, be sure to use a truly airtight container.
If you choose to freeze your coffee, quickly remove as much as you need for no more than a week at a time, and return the rest to the freezer before any condensation forms on the frozen coffee.