Storing Your Coffee

A paper bag full of coffee looks great sitting next to a coffee machine but it’s a not a good way to store your coffee. Badly stored coffee will go off quickly, spoiling your enjoyment and wasting your money.

The best way to store whole or ground beans is in an airtight glass jar. Air and moisture are the biggest causes of coffee spoilage and a glass jar protects from both. Glass is also handy because it won’t absorb the aroma of stored beans, ensuring that your coffee won’t be tainted by the aroma of a different variety of bean. Keep the jar in a cool dark place, sunlight affects coffee too.

Also, don’t freeze your coffee. This will destroy important flavours and if the container sweats when taken out of the freezer this will expose the coffee to moisture.

When you purchase your coffee the type of packaging you buy it in goes a long way to ensuring freshness. The very best method is tinned coffee followed in descending order by soft vacuum packs, hard vacuum packs and lastly standard airtight pouches.

But if you consume your coffee quickly, don’t worry about the more expensive options. Correct storage and packaging is a simple step to take towards attaining the perfect cup.