How to store coffee beans? | Airscape, Atmos and freezing
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I use lab glassware that has the correct neck diameter for a vinuvac wine vacuum stopper. Then freeze it.
When getting the beans for a coffee it takes less than 1 minute to get the beans from the freezer, weigh, repump the vacuum and put back in freezer. Quick, simple and fast.
Very clever idea. Thank you for sharing.
I bough the vacuum canister from fellow this winter. I didn't expect it to be worth the high price, but it's been incredible! It stored decaf beans for a while and I was still able to pull good shots out of them.
It seems they work well. I bought all 3 of mine on special offers for atound £20 each which is not that bad
I have 2 of the large Airscape and one of the small Airscape canisters. They seem to do a good job for me.
Yeah, Airscape is a decent choice for sure.
I do have a very cheap and effective way to store coffee, and It easily preserves the flavour for at least 5 weeks:
Get a food bag (the ones you use to freeze food) bigger than the coffee bag, throw in there the coffee bag and one or two dessiccant salts bags for moisture (optional, I always have some for asthma inhalers😂), then push some air out, twist the top of the food bag twice and close with a kitchen clip, preferably the ones with creases on both sides (they don't allow air in or out).
Interesting. Wouldn’t it affect the taste of the coffee?
I have 3 Airspace containers 2 big and 1 small and all holds very good. I buy usually 2lb fresh roasted beans at the time because it's cheaper. I hold the beans in bigger containers and I open just when I need to transfer some beans in a small Airspace just enough for like 2-3 days.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
great insights Jack, I have both and prefer the Airscape due to ease of use, I'm with you re the QC of Atmos, one of mine always leak prematurely and I hate to be checking on them every now and then.
Thank you for watching.
Possibly Atmos can be fixed but I am not clever enough to do it myself 😛.
I always try to order coffee which I can consume within 2 months. I have 3 stainless steel Airscape (500g ), two of them for dark/medium roast and one for light roast. One of the major reasons why I keep beans in those containers is the easy access to coffee. Normally original zip bags from coffee roasters at 500g/1kg size are too deep to reach the bottom. So if the coffee comes at 250g size, I'd keep them in original bag; If at 500g, directly throw them in an Airscape; If at 1kg, half will be kept in bag and another half in an Airscape. As a single dose practicer, I have a bean cellar as well, which requires me to refill them every 5-7 days. By doing that I don't need to open the Airscape that often.
You have a very well organised way of storing your coffee. I have never seen a point of having a bean cellar but now I know why that would be a good idea.
that was great, as ever, I’d never thought of vacuum packing to fridge… in future video could you look at rediscovering darker roasts?
Thank you. I will definitely do something about dark roast. Maybe once I start roasting myself. I was very surprised how good the dark roast decaf was in one of my previous videos.
Really like the notice to have a large and small container. See so many youtubers using an Athmos but opening again and again taking small portions out.. Really loosing the point of keeping oxygen away. I use the 2 size Airscapes as well and it works great. As well as long term vacuum bagging in the freezer.
You are right of course. I haven’t bought all of them at the same time and always tried to buy the biggest to fit the most of coffee in. I would probably need 2 smaller as well. Normally I use at least 2 different beans per day.
@@mycoffeeshow111 i Think you are probably safe with the speed you consume coffee 😀. But good to have options if you get a few special once and want to protect them
@@hookedonwood5830 you are right. Coffee doesn’t have a chance to get off in my household 😛
Jack, thanks for information. What about keeping coffee in the fridge and puting it out every day - condensation of moisture on the beans will not increased freshness. Have I use the fridge in this case or room temperature will be better?
Thank you for watching. Experts do not recommend to store coffee at the fridge so I have never tried it myself. Guess room temperature should be more appropriate.
Hey Jack, where can I found online the image of flavour wheel behind you?
Regarding storage I seal and freeze and smaller bags I buy have 1way valve so I don't need any fancy containers.
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I have a vacuum sealer, does it have to go in the freezer or is in the pantry ok too? Is the freezer just if going long term?
It should prolong the freshness as well even without freezing. What we need to remember is that fresh coffee, especially in the first 7-10 days will be degassing a lot and I am not sure if and how that process would be affected in vacuum tight conditions.
You are drinking about 70g of coffee a day! My daily is 36-40g and the occasional 55-60g.
Well, I drink 4 shots (or espresso based drinks) per day, 18g of coffee each, plus occasional pour over, 15g of coffee. On top of that, even being genius barista like myself, sometimes the shot is not perfect and I have to dial in again. You do the math. According to my calculations the revenue from YT just about covers my monthly costs of coffee
Poor man’s vacuum sealer:
Put beans in Ziploc
Put Ziploc in bowl of water until the water reaches the opening
Close Ziploc
Water will push out any air inside the bag and create a vacuum
Hope it helps 😊
Thx for the tip. Physics is not my strong subject but won’t the water gets in the bag eventually? I guess not.
@@mycoffeeshow111 My explanation wasn’t that detailed so I kind of understand the confusion.
You just put the Ziploc all the way in until the water reaches the zipper level making sure no water actually gets into the bag.
zip it up just above water level and you’ll have pushed out almost all air.
It’s a bit finicky so that’s why I’m calling it a poor man’s vacuum sealer 😂
@@DemirJPN thank you for explanation! My IQ is around 90 hence why I didn’t get it. Any solution that saves money welcomed here.
Jack, I recommend try when vacuum, not go all the way until it becomes a hard lump but more gentle just to remove the air and not create a negative pressure. I noticed an improvement when I did that.
Thx for this! I will follow your advice.
@@mycoffeeshow111 What he is describing leaves more oxygen in the bag and will thus result in more oxidation.
@@ihavenospacebar231 now I am confused. What should I do, what should I do???? My coffee is in danger!!! Better drink all at once 😛
@@mycoffeeshow111 what you were doing where you vacuumed them in the bag fully, this is correct, you were already doing it right :)
@@ihavenospacebar231 Uff. I can relax. At least until someone contradicts that 😛
I drink 250 gr of coffee in 5-6 weeks... I feel like a total noob 🤣
I can have more in a day 😛
Airscape and fridge are perfect for storing coffee beans. Vacuum can? No, it's neither user friendly nor lasting for a relatively long period.
Thank you for watching.
Airscape I agree but not sure about the fridge.