What is the best way to store coffee beans so they retain their freshness?
Here are some suggestions for you to follow to preserve your coffee’s freshness at home or work: * If convenient, purchase only as much fresh coffee as you will use in a week. The closer you can brew your coffee to the date it was roasted, the fresher it will be in your cup. Buy next weeks coffee next week, and so on. * After a bag has been opened, keep the coffee in an air tight container. It’s critical to keep oxygen, moisture, and light away from your coffee. * The single most effective way to improve your coffee experience at home or work is to grind the bean before you brew. Coffee stays fresher in its whole bean form. Grinding your coffee too soon increases its surface area exposure to oxygen, which will stale the coffee tremendously faster than whole bean coffee. * To prevent under-development or over-extraction of the flavor compounds in your coffee, grind specifically for YOUR OWN filter and/or brewer. A coffee ground for a french press is not the same grind for drip paper fil
