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Coffee has a very short shelf life once roasted and ground after 1 week it tastes like cheap coffee. Shitty coffee is already shit so you can use it a month later it's still shit. So shitty coffee can benefit from a sturdy durable container, but good coffee only need a bag.
I like cheap coffee, I prefer to have to chew it, like mud.
You were the Marine that never cleaned the coffee maker weren't you?
Ha, never made coffee that didn't come in a MRE. Grunt nachos too, my favorite.
Most higher grade coffee sits on shelves for months before purchase, no different than cheap stuff. The exception would be small scale roast to order coffee which is sold directly to customer.
God i love that scene
Which is why I roast my own coffee beans.
I know I can google this, but how do you do it and which beans do you use?
I’m planning on starting roaring and grinding myself
Never thought about home roasting, just grinding - thinking of getting one, maybe a percolator, the well seasoned one at AA meetings is the only coffee I drink black.
Higher grade coffee sold gets old fast.
Find a local roaster
The only local roaster near here is the epicenter of local faggotry. All the bicycle leotard faggots and such.
This is retarded. My grocery store roasts their own beans and has a roast date. All good coffee has a roast date. Here's the reality for the n00bs.... Good coffee comes in a bag because good coffee is only good for a couple weeks after it's roasted. The only acceptable way to store good coffee for any length of time is in an airtight container in the freezer. Any coffee person that enjoys good coffee will also have quality airtight containers much superior to the can that cheap coffee comes in.
Most higher grade coffee sits on shelves for months before purchase
That's not higher grade coffee, that's cheap coffee with marketing behind it. Not the same thing.
Higher grade coffee on the shelf at least has the roast date on it so you can tell if it's gone to shit or not. Freshly roasted coffee is actually pretty good for the first couple of weeks as long as it's stored in an oxygen-free package. Cheap coffee hides the roast date from you because they're far more interested in catering to the warehousing desires of retailers than they are in getting you good coffee.
Good coffee is in a bag because it's supposed to be stored in your freezer. A can would suck for this. Keeping it in the freezer will extend life for months. If beans, many more months.
And obvi buy beans and grind your own coffee
I typically only get fresh whole bean stuff and grind at home. You can get away with freezing beans as well which even coffee snobs says is a viable option that doesn't affect the flavor negatively. I only make enough for me and the wife so a good hand grinder is all I need (I like the classic look as well) and generally I'm using a French press but if I'm feeling extra hip I'll break out the chemex and do pour over.
The danger with freezing is that frost condenses on the beans, and then turns to water when they thaw. It's the water more than the freezing process itself that is the problem.
From roast date it needs a day to a week to rest and outgas, then it’s good for maybe a month as whole beans at room temp. If you grind it, it’s good for minutes, not hours.
Try it, get good fresh roasted beans from local roastery enthusiasts, grind and drink. Yum.
Now after drinking it like that a couple days , grind two days worth. Brew one immediately and the next day brew two cups, one fresh ground and one day old.
It s deadness will be readily apparent.
If you don’t have a source on coffee, try happymug.com. I would suggest a Colombian or Brasíl, Central America is a crapshoot, oceana is too buggy and one bug home in a bean will foul the whole cup. If you don’t have a grinder, or you have a whirly blade grinder, I would suggest a hario burr grinder , can be less than $40 for a really decent one that will make a nice even grind.
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