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Canned green coffee beans?

Postby farmroast on Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:37 am

Saw these canned green beans recently. Is there a useful storage concept here? Cans can be done quite cheaply. There's a growing amount of small specialty food processing facilities.
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Postby seedlings on Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:43 am

Are those the paint-can style, or machined? Put them in dry, or I'd be a little nervous to open one up in 20 years... unless it's MM, I guess.

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Postby farmroast on Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:59 am

They are sealed. I just want a really good bean to last until the next crop year. And a little longer.
A can of "El Salvador Peaberry "Aida's Grand Reserve"" canned by the farm, in-country, then shipped would interest me. :D I wouldn't need all of my greens done this way.
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Postby another_jim on Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:55 am

Hasn't vacuum packed in mylar, which is how all Ms Battle's coffees and other auction coffees are shipped nowadays, obsoleted canning?
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Postby farmroast on Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:02 am

Yes, I purchased a 5kg vacuumed block a few years back, but once opened I had to repack it in smaller packages. Obviously this would only be useful for home roasters.
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Postby Sherman on Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:36 pm

So are you referring to canning at origin, or canning at home? I recall you having some success with foodsaver + mason jar, and have adopted it myself for green storage. How would canning be different?

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Postby ppopp on Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:58 am

If you look down the page and read the various ways they recommend roasting the beans, it makes me think they don't have a clue. Broiled beans anyone?
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