coffee beans: freezer or drink the motherfucking lot in one go
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:16, archived)
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:18, archived)
Beans go stale about two weeks after roasting.
Grounds go stale about twenty minutes after grinding.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:18, archived)
The refrigerator is the mortal enemy of your coffee. Taking coffee in and out of the fridge is a sure way to suck the flavor right out of it. Coffee that will be used frequently and immediately—whole bean or ground— is ideally stored in an air tight, opaque,and glass or otherwise inert container. Coffee that will not be consumed immediately but needs to be preserved for near-future use can be safely stored in the freezer assuming it is stored in a dry and air tight container. Storing an unsealed container of grounds or beans in the cold temperatures of either the fridge or freezer is a sure way to accelerate the its journey from delicious flavor to stale bitterness
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:23, archived)
you were talking about baked beans. Makes more sense now I've read the other posts you were replying to.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:20, archived)
frozzing seems to help keep the smell fresh, though this may be verification bias
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:21, archived)
and he keeps the beans in the freezer, so you're in good company.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:23, archived)
Tastes just as good as far as i can tell
I suspect there to be a level of poncery to all this
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:26, archived)
but the coffee he makes me is the best I've ever had by far, so meh.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:26, archived)
If you can't tell the difference; fine, if you can, do something about it. In the coffee shop I use, I can tell who did the morning roast by the taste of the coffee...
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:30, archived)
but his coffee still rocks my world.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:31, archived)
and so have no higher benchmark on which to base your opinion?
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:28, archived)
but i do think it tastes better if it's had a pompous fuss made over it
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:31, archived)
why have adequate when you can really really good?
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:33, archived)
when they're actually both just as shit and suddenly Starbucks becomes the benchmark and everything in the world ends up being shitter.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:44, archived)
rather than admit that i do it because it seems like a nice idea and it vaguely works
*goose-steps*
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:27, archived)
Put all except one into freezer.
Use that one.
Use another one after that.
Continue, etc.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:18, archived)
it makes the beans more willing to jump into the mashy jaws of tasty death
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:24, archived)
£2.50 a packet, or 3 for £7.49.
My chain of coffee shops will take eleventy crates.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:19, archived)