The Ultimate Guide to Storing Coffee Beans
Great coffee starts with fresh beans. When you buy high-quality coffee, it's essential to store it appropriately to preserve its taste, aroma, and freshness over time. Today, we'll guide you through the best practices for storing coffee beans to ensure your cup of joe never disappoints.
Understanding the Enemies of Coffee Freshness
Before we delve into how to store coffee beans, it's crucial to comprehend the factors that can deteriorate their quality:
1
Air and Oxygen:
Coffee beans are rich in oils responsible for their unique Flavors and aromas. Over time, exposure to air and oxygen oxidizes these oils, leading to a stale, flat flavour.
2
Light:
Both sunlight and artificial light can degrade coffee beans, causing them to age quicker and inducing flavour loss.
3
Heat:
Keeps coffee beans away from hot environments as heat brings out the coffee's Flavors. When this happens outside the brewing process, you essentially lose when brewing the coffee.
4
Moisture:
Moisture causes coffee beans to swell and crumble, resulting in a lack of flavour.
Choosing the Right Storage Container
It's vital to use the right kind of storage container to protect your coffee beans. A good coffee container should be:
• Airtight to keep oxygen out,
• Opaque to protect from light,
• Made of non-responsive material to prevent any unwanted taste alterations."
Choosing the Ideal Storage Location
The ideal location to store coffee beans is somewhere cool, dry, and dark. Avoid places near ovens or stovetops as it exposes beans to heat, and keep them out of refrigerators or freezers, which introduce moisture.
Do Not Refrigerate or Freeze Your Coffee Beans
Although it might seem logical to put coffee beans in the fridge or freezer to extend their shelf life, it's not recommended. This is because coffee beans absorb moisture, smells, and Flavors around them, which can affect the taste.
Avoid Buying Coffee in Bulk
It may be tempting to buy coffee in bulk, especially when there is a good deal, but resist the urge if you can. It's best to buy smaller quantities of coffee whenever you need it to ensure that you're always using the freshest beans.
Surprising Lifehack: Use the Freezer for Long Term Storage
While storing coffee in the refrigerator or freezer isn’t typically recommended, there is an exception. If you have a large amount of coffee that you won’t be able to use within a couple of weeks, storing it in the freezer can be beneficial. Make sure to store them in airtight containers or freezer bags, and only take it out of the freezer once - when you're ready to use them.
How we use coffee beans at L’OR for our Coffee capsules
At L’OR, our coffee capsules are crafted with the highest respect for precision and quality. We meticulously select the finest coffee beans from sustainable farms worldwide. Upon harvest, these beans are skillfully roasted and ground to the optimal fineness, preserving their rich flavors and aromas. The ground coffee is then carefully sealed into our capsules, protecting it from air, light, and moisture, ensuring that each cup you brew with a L’OR capsule delivers the same freshness, richness, and intensity as it was intended.
Final thoughts
The way you store your coffee beans has a significant impact on the taste and quality of your coffee. By following these steps, your coffee can stay fresh for longer, and you can enjoy a delicious cup of joe every time.
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