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How Should You Store Coffee Beans at Home?

Should you keep them in the bag or a container? Can coffee beans be stored in the refrigerator? Below are several common methods for storing coffee beans at home:

Original Packaging Storage

Most coffee beans today come in one-way degassing valve bags lined with food-grade aluminum foil. The aluminum foil blocks light and air. The one-way degassing valve allows excess carbon dioxide to escape, preventing the bag from bursting when sealed.

After taking out the coffee beans, immediately seal the bag opening and try to squeeze out as much excess air as possible to minimize contact between the coffee beans and air (the bag has a one-way valve that only allows air to exit, not enter). Once sealed, store in a cool, dry place at room temperature. In fact, the original packaging provides quite good storage results, so we recommend using the original packaging for home storage.

Sealed Container Storage

Using sealed containers to store coffee beans at home is also a good method, but pay attention to the quality of the sealed container – it must be good. If the quality is too poor, it's better to use the original packaging. Also, don't buy transparent containers just for aesthetics. Light can accelerate the oxidation of coffee, so we recommend not purchasing transparent ones.

In some commercial coffee shop environments, many people use large transparent sealed containers. This should be handled specifically because transparent containers allow direct visibility of roasted beans, which helps consumers make choices in commercial settings. Additionally, coffee shops use beans quickly, so this depends on usage volume – if a container can be used up in a few days, there's no need to consider extending the preservation period.

Vacuum Container Storage

Vacuum containers can remove all air from inside, creating a vacuum state. Without oxygen and moisture vapor, this is an excellent method for storing coffee beans. However, note that this method can only delay the preservation period of coffee beans and cannot guarantee long-term freshness. There are more and more vacuum containers on the market at increasingly cheaper prices, but quality varies greatly, so you still need to choose reliable quality. Poor quality ones are not as good as the original packaging. This is recommended for home use, especially for those who drink coffee slowly and might take more than two months to finish a bag.

Refrigerator Storage

The low temperature in the refrigerator can slow down the oxidation reaction of coffee, making it a good storage place. However, the refrigerator environment has several issues that must be addressed to effectively store coffee beans, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Using the refrigerator to store coffee beans is not very necessary and rather troublesome. If you must use the refrigerator, please note the following points:

1. Do not store in the fresh-keeping compartment; store in the freezer compartment. Although the fresh-keeping compartment is also low temperature, the humidity is too high, which is not good for bean storage. The freezer area has lower temperatures and very low humidity. Moisture has a greater impact on coffee quality than temperature.

2. The sealing must be good. If the seal is not good, moisture from the refrigerator will enter the package and affect the preservation of coffee beans. Additionally, we know that coffee beans easily absorb odors. If the seal is not good, coffee beans will absorb various odors from the refrigerator, making these beans essentially ruined. In fact, some people use spoiled coffee beans to absorb odors in the refrigerator, and the effect is quite good.

3. When coffee beans are just taken out of the refrigerator, the low temperature of the beans will cause moisture from the air to condense on the surface, forming small water droplets. After grinding, these water droplets will cause the coffee powder to clump, resulting in uneven brewing. Therefore, when taking coffee beans out of the refrigerator, quickly take out a portion for grinding and brewing, and immediately put the rest back in the refrigerator.

4. After coffee is roasted, its internal development continues. If very fresh beans are put in the refrigerator, it will actually stop the flavor development. We recommend storing your coffee beans in an appropriate environment for a few days to allow flavor development to complete before placing them in the refrigerator.

Unless you're sure you'll be away for a long time or won't be drinking coffee for a short period, we do not recommend putting coffee beans in the refrigerator.

All the methods mentioned above can only appropriately extend the preservation period of coffee and are not suitable for very long-term storage. Therefore, we suggest that coffee friends don't buy too many coffee beans at once. It's better to buy more when you're about to run out. Fresh beans should be consumed within one month, try not to exceed two months – freshness is the life of coffee beans.

Recommended Home Coffee Bean Brands

Single-origin home coffee beans roasted by FrontStreet Coffee: washed Yirgacheffe coffee, Kenya AA coffee, Panama Geisha coffee, etc., all have full guarantees in terms of brand and quality, suitable for brewing with various equipment. More importantly, they offer excellent value for money. A half-pound (227g) package costs only around 80-90 yuan. Calculating at 15g per pour-over coffee, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only about 6 yuan. Compared to the dozens of yuan per cup typically sold in coffee shops, this represents extremely high value for money.

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