Questions for those who freeze coffee still in the bag... - Page 5

#41: Post by **popeye** » June 10th, 2009, 5:06 am

Two thoughts - will a consumer level vacuum sealer remove enough oxygen to make a difference? I thought i remember seeing that discussion posted elsewhere and the answer was "probably not." Secondly - is nitrogen flushing that difficult? I remember getting my paintball gun filled with nitrogen back during my paintball days. Conceivably all that is needed is a way to efficiently replace the oxygen in a bag or mason jar with nitrogen. I've been very impressed with terroir's nitrogen flushed packing of roasted beans.

#42: Post by **JohnB.** » June 10th, 2009, 11:25 am

I would consider the Foodsaver machines to be consumer level & they do suck out enough oxygen to make a difference. No experience with the Reynolds Handi-Vac bags.

#43: Post by **GVDub** » June 10th, 2009, 11:53 am

I haven't tried freezing beans with it, but my Reynolds vacuum unit can turn a bag of beans into an inflexible brick, so I would think that's enough oxygen removed. Since I have no facilities to test, and I never roast so much that there are beans enough to merit freezing, I'll leave the more substantial testing up to others.

#44: Post by **sweaner** » June 10th, 2009, 7:33 pm

I am not sure that the vacuum is that important when freezing beans. I use the Handivac, which seems to do a good job, but I am not really sure it helps with freezing.