What does everyone store their coffee in?

[stumpy041486]

What does everyone store their coffee in after they grind it? I know ideally you should only grind what you want to use, but that's not very practical for using at work. I was. Thinking about grinding around a weeks worth of coffee to take to work. Will any kind of air tight container work?

thanks!

 

[expat]

However you store it just make sure -- no oxygen, no light. Otherwise, since you're using it up in one week, you'll be fine.

 

[PinkRose]

What does everyone store their coffee in after they grind it? I know ideally you should only grind what you want to use, but that's not very practical for using at work. I was. Thinking about grinding around a weeks worth of coffee to take to work. Will any kind of air tight container work?

thanks!

Do you plan on grinding enough coffee for everyone at work or just for you?

Decide how much coffee you'll use each day, and put each daily portion into separate air tight containers (zip lock bags, jars, etc). Use it as you need it. That way you won't be constantly opening a container full of coffee and exposing all of it to air, moisture, and light.

 

[chast]

Vittle Vaults have been working great for me for whole bean!!

 

[doddcoffee]

Try the Bean Safe containers. That is what I use and recommend to our customers. They are inexpensive, and not to bulky so they will not take up much room.

 

[monstro18]

I use one large air tight container to store most of my coffee in and in a smaller container I put just a weeks worth of coffee that I will get my coffee from for that week. Then I will refill the smaller container from the coffee stored in the larger container that way only a small amount of coffee is exposed to oxygen every day and the bulk of my coffee is opened only once a week.
Google search theartofcoffeedojo for some good coffee tutorials including one on storing coffee as described above.

 

[justplaincoffee]

I keep my ground coffee and whole bean as well in a flip lock air lock container. I only keep as much ground as we need for the next day or so depending on my schedule. They are stackable and come in either round or square shape. I've had very good results with these. :coffee1:

 

[Concept]

Even if you store it in an airtight container, the air in there will react with the grounds somewhat. You can get containers to store your grounds or beans in that enable you to create a vacuum - so not nasty oxygen to react with. Keep it somewhere reasonably cool and away from light and you should be fine.

One thing to also keep in mind is coffee can act like a sponge when it comes to smells etc. So its a good idea not to keep it with other food that wouldn't go well with coffee. As much as I like onions & garlic in my spaghetti, Im not a fan of having it's "essence" in my coffee. :lol: