"Guy Cousineau" > wrote in message
news:TMnml.12658$PH1.1655@edtnps82...
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:57:09 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:55:23 GMT, "Geezer" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We just got our first 5 pound bag of Costa Rican coffee beans and are
>>>>>> faced
>>>>>> with a storage issue.
>>>>>> We plan to grind 1 pound or less at a time and store the remainder as
>>>>>> whole beans.
>>>>>> What do you coffee guru's use for (roasted) bean storage?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geezer
>>>>>> New to the world of fresh coffee
>>>>> Freezer in an airtight container.
>>>>>
>>>>> aloha,
>>>>> beans
>>>>
>>>> Cea, if one is going to grind only a pot's worth of beans at a time,
>>>> does one thaw the beans first (a short time, I presume) or just put
>>>> them from freezer into grinder and go?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -B
>>> Hi Barb,
>>>
>>> Because coffee has so little moisture- it is reduced to 12% and then
>>> roasted at 400 something or other, the accepted method in my world,
>>> is take the beans from the freezer to the grinder, despite the
>>> condensation on the outside of the bag.
>>
>> Good to know.
>> Thanks!
>>> Happy Holidays Barb.
>>>
>>> with aloha,
>>> Cea
>>
>> Mele Kalikimaka, Cea. '-)
> imho
> Keep your beans in the freezer if you must but not necessary if you drink
> as much coffee as I do :-) A pound barely lasts a week around here.
> You should let cold beans warm a bit before grinding and definitely warm
> before brewing. You want to be sure to release all the flavour. If the
> hot water has to warm cold coffee first, it may not be able to extract all
> the flavour - for espresso this is critical.

Just went out and bought some of those freezer bags with the vacuum pump
and they seem to be working just fine. We now keep the beans in the wine
cabinet.
Nice and cool and dark. We go through a pound in a week as well!

Geezer