I’ve been thinking about doing this for a long time, but finally got fed-up enough with coffee taking up food space in the freezer. It’s a cute 1.8 cubic foot (probably about a quarter albatross for those using the metric system) little cooler-style fridge/freezer. Justified it further since if I ever needed to it has a 12v dc adapter for car use (doubt I ever will). It does feel pretty special for the coffee to have its own storage unit, and it makes finding frozen fruits and meat in the standard freezer easier to sift through. A couple of times I even threw stuff out of the freezer to make room for coffee, so I knew it was time to try this.
OK but why? my coffee is on the counter. it doesn’t need to be cold?
As long as it stored in an airtight container (I use glass jars with some clingwrap in-between to get a tighter seal), stored in a dark place, freshly bought beans will last me up to 4 months without much change to their taste when drinking.
(I usually use a smaller jar as well, so I’m not always opening a large jar, to only tip two brews worth into a hand grinder).
If you ever buy a few bags that you won’t be able to drink in the few weeks it’s at peak flavor, you can keep it fresh in the freezer provided that the packaging is airtight and you let the beans come to room temperature before opening the bag (so you dont get condensation).
For example, I bought a bunch of coffee when I was on vacation, and i know it would otherwise lose peak flavor if I kept it in my cabinet.
You can also grind it directly from frozen and throw the rest back into the freezer with no bad effects.
Honestly. Probably not. Unless you buy a ton of beans for months at a time i wouldnt bother
Agreed. I’d say anything under two months even it’s diminishing returns.