Can green coffee beans ...

[Spice]

be in separte, say cotton bags, but in the same larger container?

 

[eldub]

Why not?

lw

 

[Spice]

I thought there might be some transfer of scent, I have yet to order gb. Do they not have a scent?

 

[Spice]

PS. diffrent variaties in small bags, in larger container.

 

[eldub]

Most all green coffee beans smell like salsa to me. I keep our beans in separate containers but if I was a home roaster I don't think it would really matter.

 

[Spice]

Now thats a first, green coffee beans smell like salsa? Thanks for the advice.

 

[CanadianBrian]

Hello;
Some of the things I think of logically are scent transfer as well as moisture content. I don't think there is much of a transfer but there might be so why take a chance?
Brian

 

[eldub]

I really can't tell the difference in scent with any of our green beans and I have a pretty good nose. However, I'm pretty sure I could identify most in a blind blind taste once roasted.

Nothing wrong with equalizing the moisture content of the various beans, imo. Especially if one plans on blending before roasting. (I roast before blending, btw.)

 

[MassWineGuy]

I don't think that most green coffee beans have much of a scent.

 

[buckhorn_cortez]

be in separte, say cotton bags, but in the same larger container?

Coffee beans have a very faint odor, somewhat like grass or straw. We keep beans in burlap or cotton coffee bags in a straw basket. Have done that for years. Just keep them at room temperature or below and out of sunlight and you'll be fine.