So, if I go to Costco and buy multiple large packs of coffee beans, how can I store them? Vacuumed sealed in the freezer? Vacuumed sealed at a normal temperature? Don’t worry about vacuum sealing and just leave in the bag? If so, in the freezer or the basement?
Thank you for any advice.
Hello, I would suggest storing them in an airtight bag/container in a dark, cool environment.
Thanks, Rebecca. I go get them tonight. Normally, I use their grinder to grind the beans (I then make cold brew coffee). This time, I’ll leave the beans whole and put them in the basement, where it’s cool.
You never put coffee beans in something airtight, they off gas C02 which will destroy the beans. That’s why coffee bags have vacuum breakers on them so it can get out.
Airtight and coffee don’t go together unless it’s REALLY frozen, and that damages them as well. I’d stick with fresh coffee and not worry about some ignorable rise from a tariff.
Not being a douche here, I really don’t know, but are the tariff fearing people of the world under the impression that whatever the tariff % is means their cost will increase by that amount? Because that’s not and never how tariffs have worked? Fuel costs have tripled under the last disaster in Washington and people paid in insignificant amount for the increase in shipping costs. Businesses do in fact absorb a lot of business expenses to be able to sell to people. They’re not stupid and know how easy it is to lose everybody.
After China couldn’t get a single country to team up with them to try to continue to extort the US market as of yesterday they’re now open to talk a deal. People are seriously worried about nothing. The complete disaster that is US trade needs to be course corrected, it’ll pass.
That’s right. All the good bags of beans here in the UK have small vents.
The beans nemesis is mold.
It’s not going to ignorable. It’s 10% everywhere, more on Canada and Mexico (?), and something like 150% on China. Who do you think is going to pay the tariff?
Things like rubber, coffee, vanilla, chocolate, diamonds, many plants and fruits (where are we getting our fruits right now?), are all made/grown somewhere else.
Had a friend who was going to China to source bikes. The pictures he bought back were astounding. A massive factory operating 24/7/ probably 365, where all the workers live across the street in what amount to dorms. They bring in steel, aluminum, whatever, and out come bikes. The tire factories were unbelievable. Both had tons of quality control, cameras, etc. China has been building infrastructure like that for decades, while we have nothing close to that. That is not coming back, and if it does, it’s going to be highly automated.
And if prices go up by 10-150% on something where there’s an American source, guess what the American company will charge? You think they are going to keep prices low? Huh! Last time, they just raised the prices to whatever the tariffed price was and made more money. These are corporations, whose whole job is to make more money. If the cost of imported olive oil goes up 10-15%, do you think the US olive oil producers are going to keep their prices down? Why?
I just bought olive oil, coffee, and anything else I think would go up. We’re going to buy used iPhones for the wife and kids before the prices on iPhones double or triple.
As for the coffee, I’m going to leave it whole and in the bag and in the basement. My grinder isn’t great, and since I need 12 ounces at a time, it takes a while to grind. But I have enough for a few months, which should allow the tariffs to be changed 5-10 times again.
Now the … is saying electronics will be exempt from the tariffs. I’ve basically given up trying to have a life that makes any sense.
Fair enough. I honestly don’t store large quantities, AND you’re right…my container does have a small "vent "on top. It is in a cool, dark place though. I don’t refrigerate or freeze coffee. Thanks for correcting me.
I have one plant. I think I killed it. LOL!!
(I do know a little somethin’ about plants, I grow produce to sell at the market, just not coffee. LOL!)
Seriously though, I’m in Tennessee, zone 6b recently changed to 7a. Can’t grow them in the ground outside here. But I have read some articles about growing them in a greenhouse setting where temps and humidity (and even light) can be much more controlled. Dunno if I’ll ever get it figured out enough to matter or not. From what I can gather, the coffee plants take up quite a lot of space for the little bit of cherries they produce.
Can’t say I know of a single person doing it but I do kinda remember of seeing an article about someone in maybe NC or SC that’s trying to do something like that for production. I don’t think it was hydroponic but was more than just pokin’ some plants in the dirt.
Buy your beans in bulk, then vacuum seal them in small batches and freeze they’ll stay fresh for months. If you don’t freeze, keep them sealed in a cool, dark place like your basement. Once a bag is opened, move the beans to an airtight container.