Store Coffee In Fridge And Grind Daily

My best advice on storing coffee was shared, years ago, by someone employed with a coffee company. I grew up in north west Washington, if that gives you any idea of the fanatic I am about coffee. He told me that if you have to buy ground coffee, buy small amounts and use as quickly as possible. Freezing does not improve the coffee, nothing does, other than being stored tightly closed, in a cool, dark place, and, again, use quickly.

The best thing is to buy a coffee grinder, which is not expensive, considering the end result. The whole beans can be kept for much longer in the refrigerator, with very little loss of flavor. Some say you can freeze the whole beans. We don't, because we usually use a bag before it would be in any danger of losing it's quality. The coffee bean has oils in it, and once it sits a while the oils become a bit rancid, for lack of a better word, and the coffee suffers. I would say that ground coffee should be used within two or three weeks, if that. Whole bean can last, in the fridge, for that many months, or a bit more, for sure. Hope that helps.

By Loretta from Theodore, AL