Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a closed container.
Feel free to share pics of your containers 🌻
Edit: My grinder doesn’t allow for selective ground mode, but a new grinder is defo on the list! Seems like keeping them as beans for as long as possible - is the way.
Usually I attach a copper wire from the tin box to the faucet to make sure it’s well grounded.
No, no. Not that type of grounded!
He means the coffee was bad and he sent it to its room with no phone. You’re grounded mister (coffee)!
No no not that kind of grounded! They meant designating the coffee as unable to fly due to required maintenance, inclement weather, etc.
If the building is built to code, the ground connector on the wall outlets should also be well grounded. Some new buildings have plastic water pipes so the faucets might not be as grounded as they used to be.
Oh good to know! So then just put the wire in the ground hole of the electrical outlet?
I measure the beans before I grind. No way I’m storing ground coffee.
Same I grind fresh every time I make coffee and I generally only have one bag open at a time so my beans stay fresh.
I grind on demand, if I have a little too much I’ll dip it like a wad of tobacco which is probably gross but I like it so don’t @ me.
Whatever flops your mop :)
Nice tin. We grind a 1L Mason jar’s worth at a time and use a French press. One jar lasts about 2 weeks and honestly, I can’t tell the difference between a fresh grind and a 2-week grind, regardless of bean used. I’m sure some would disagree :)
In the timeout corner 🤪
I’m no coffee connoisseur- but wouldn’t storing the coffee beans in ground form be more prone to static build up, humidity, etc etc than just storing the beans in whole form?
Oxidation and loss of aromatic compounds are the big ones.
I’d have to assume the effect is not that significant, given pre-ground coffee seems to be the most popular form https://www.statista.com/statistics/456310/coffee-grinding-method-among-us-past-day-coffee-drinkers-by-type/
Probably mitigated by the part of that result which is instant coffee, though
Most people drive cars, therefore there is nothing wrong with cars
And any choice someone makes that is different to yours is a result of their ignorance.
And it was worth derailing this harmless thread about OP’s hobby tins to explain this to me despite that I personally make the same choice.
That’s not even an honest equivocation of what I said about coffee, just some um ackshually BS
Oxidation (and other processes) do affect coffee flavor, and grinding it up increases surface area / exposure to oxygen, speeding that up. Putting it in the fridge seems to also worsen flavor, but the freezer seems to be pretty reliable. Here’s a nice video discussing this by a weird coffee person (James Hoffmann): Should you freeze coffee beans?
Also, KGLW, nice!
Woo! I picture James’ disapproving stare at me everytime I let the kettle go to full boil, or accidentally oversteep ಠ_ಠ
In my belly. Don’t grind the beans until you’re ready to make coffee, and only grind enough for that brew.
You eat the grounds after brewing?!?
Doesn’t everyone?
I’ve been missing out this whole time!
I keep my old coffee bags with the little plastic vent thing in them, and use those to store my brewing grounds for the week.
I can’t deal with grinding fresh every day.
Yeah same here, currently grind only every other day - which still feels a lot hehe. Totally get that “keep it as fresh as possible”, but I dont have the time in the mornings to go through the full process, so gotta cut the corners some places :P
