Quick guide to freezing coffee? - Page 2

by **Bob_McBob** on Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:54 pm

I can generally go through a pound (or 85% of a pound...) fast enough that the coffee stays nice and fresh, unless it's pre-frozen decaf, which seems to stale very quickly. I have tried freezing half pounds, but it gets a little annoying defrosting ahead of time, since it takes a few hours. 80 grams wouldn't even get me through the morning :mrgreen:

I think I'll pick up the Foodsaver model I linked with a couple of 11" rolls and see how it goes. I know I want one for green coffee, and I'm sure it will work fine for roasted, too.

by **JohnB.** on Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:36 am

You will find that all pre frozen roasted beans will stale quicker then r/bs that were never frozen which was why I brought up the smaller portions.

by **cruzmisl** on Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:47 am

Hi All,
As a follow up to my "freezing beans" post I have a story about why I asked the question.

Normally I buy my beans from Intelli, Klatch, 49th or Counter. Usually I'm pretty good about ordering enough to last but with the new K10 I went through more than usual and ran out. I quickly ordered more but in the meantime I need something. I went to the local coffee house to buy some beans. Options are VERY limited. Either Starbucks or Second Cup. I chose the latter. They were nice enough, opened a brand new 5lb bag for me and I left with a pound. It was roasted pretty dark as I could see the sheen of oils on the surface. I got home and put it in my K10 hopper.

I was thinking the grind would be fairly close to the 49th epic espresso I had been using previously. Grind, tamp and brew in the usual fashion and get an astounding 10 second pour

I had to make some MAJOR adjustments to my grind. After several attempts I finally got a 25s pour. The resulting shot, and subsequent shots were nothing short of horrible. Paper thin crema, ashy taste and proobably the worst coffee I've EVER purchased. I would never serve that to anyone.

So my point is this. I bought a 5lb bag of black cat and keeping a few lbs in the deep freeze in case of emergency. I don't want to experience the horror again. Its amazing they stay in business with such poor quality beans.

I feel better now even though I'm $15 lighter

Joe

by **Bob_McBob** on Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:09 pm

You and me both, huh? That thing grinds fast, and the pours are so pretty :mrgreen:

I ground a few pounds of several month old crap from the supermarket through my K10 to season the burrs. Out of morbid curiosity, I tried pulling a shot with it. It had to be the worst shot of espresso I've ever pulled, and I've made my share of five second dishwater sink shots. It didn't even make a cone under my bottomless PF, just kind of beaded dark and flowed through (I was about to say "like water" but realized how silly that sounded...). There wasn't a single shred of crema in the cup; it looked like a thin, dark little cup of regular coffee.


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