Vacuum Coffee Bean Canister

#1: Post by **joellawry** » July 27th, 2008, 7:54 am

As i was searching ThinkGeek (worlds best money waster!!) i came across this - http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/a897/. Anyone else bought one/know bout the quality?

Thanks all,

Joel

#2: Post by **roblumba** » July 27th, 2008, 9:49 am

That's a very expensive way to store coffee. And you'll have to break the seal to get to that coffee. So each time you take coffee out, the thing will have to reestablish the seal. This means it will be using up those batteries and potentially breaking at some point.

For half the price, you can get a couple dozen 8 ounce mason jars and break up your coffee into those little mason jars. You can even install one way valves on the jars so that the degassing coffee can push out the oxygen.

On the other hand, it would be interesting to know some long term feedback on using that vacuum canister. Perhaps there's really potential there. But I suspect the 8 ounce mason jar idea is just as good, or perhaps better for reliability, value, and coffee freshness. The jars are also flexible. You can throw them in the freezer, or keep them in your pantry.

#3: Post by **AndyS** » July 27th, 2008, 10:42 am

joellawry wrote:Anyone else bought one/know bout the quality?

I doubt it's very effective. According to Sivetz, residual oxygen has to be taken down below 1% and preferably down to a few tenths of 1%. The device's stated "partial vacuum" is unlikely to do this.

#4: Post by **naked_barista** » July 31st, 2008, 11:00 am

I received one as a gift (purchased at Williams Sonoma), and it seems reliable enough (after about a year). I use it to store "backstock", so it only gets opened about twice a week. I can't really comment on the freshness aspect, since the beans don't last too long around my place.

Larry

#5: Post by **Marshall** » November 30th, 2008, 10:51 pm

This canister activates its vacuum pump whenever it detects a drop in vacuum: http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/a897/. Now, if we can only attach it to the grinder hopper ....

#6: Post by HB » November 30th, 2008, 11:02 pm

It'd be an amusing and potentially useful Christmas gift if it held one half pound. But a full pound is too much capacity to dole out daily coffee usage. I'll stick with Mason jars and the freezer.

#7: Post by **Theodore** » December 1st, 2008, 3:18 am

I use the first in the row, for a long time. http://au.shopping.com/-vacuvin+coffee+storage
It is usefull, if you use the pump with the stoppers, for a wine bottle as well.
I put another address. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vacuvin-Inovati ... B0001M0G2E

#8: Post by **GC7** » December 1st, 2008, 10:29 am

I use these in combination with my foodsaver unit.

http://www.foodsaver.com/Product.aspx?i ... 89&pid=281
$3.49 each

My greens are stored longer term in bags but the roasted coffee goes in these. It takes 10-15 seconds to evacuate the air after opening.

#9: Post by **r-gordon-7** » December 7th, 2008, 12:42 pm

I, too, would be interested in the ThinkGeek product - if it were of a smaller capacaty (or possibly multi-compartment) and had an ac adapter.

r-gordon-7

#10: Post by **spro745** » December 8th, 2008, 7:15 am

This is my way of vacuum packing beans. Awhile back we bought a FoodSaver device and then soon after found some nice vacuum seal canisters (round) at Sears. A 3 pack was only $20 and can be washed and reused for years. I think the large one is 2 qts, then 1 qt and 1 pint. They work great in keeping the beans nice and fresh and the FoodSaver unit itself has lots of uses. Later!