Folks all over the world are looking for the freshest brew, but not a lot of people are concerned about storing the coffee, which is actually a key element in the coffee experience. Unless, you have access to a coffee store near your house, and would never buy more than that day consumption. If not, you would definitely have to store the coffee.
So, what is the best way to store coffee? Remember the coffee freshness rule and you would know how long you can store that "coffee". Raw green coffee beans can be fresh for years, so they are the easiest to store. Roasted beans, which are what you can easily find in Supermarket, would lose their flavour after a week.
And if you were to ground the coffee, the flavour would be lost within hours. And you probably can forget about keeping brewed coffee as it begins to lose its flavour after minutes.
Based on the above, the easiest to store would be green coffee beans and personally, I think they are the best way to store coffee. All you need to do is to store in a cool location, in a tightly sealed container and you can keep it for more than a year!
Sure, you need to purchase a roaster and a grinder in addition to your coffee maker but you would not have to throw away any unused coffee and you would have the freshest coffee.
For roasted beans, it is similar to green beans, store in an airtight container and try to use ceramic as plastic or metal would contaminate the taste of the beans. Keep away from sunlight and try to store in dark places. This allows you to keep the beans fresh for at least 2 weeks.
And if you really want it to keep a longer time, keeping in the freezer can probably last for another 2 more weeks. To use it, just take it out and grind. Do take note that it is to keep in the freezer and not the fridge, never keep coffee beans in the fridge as it would simply absorb the odour of the other food and spoilt your coffee...
If you really want to store the roast and ground which cannot be store past a few days. Keep it with a good airtight container and away from the sun. This would allow the freshness to stay for a week. For the ground, freezer cannot help much as the surface area is too wide and it would still go stale.
If it is not green beans, the coffee beans would not last more than a month. To me, the best to store coffee is to go "green", however, let me go through the savings and convince you on this as well!
1 kg of Green beans can last you probably for a year and cost about $25.00. Assuming you have a fully automatic espresso machine which comes with a grinder, you would be buying roasted beans. You would have to buy them every month and it cost about $15.00 per 100g.
In one year, your roasted beans would cost you $150.00. So, between the roasted and the green coffee beans, that is a savings of $125.00. Sure, you have to get a roaster, let say you get a "Fresh Roast" roaster for $70.00, you still have a savings of $55.00.
Now, would you not agreed with me that the best way to store coffee is to go "green". Storing the Green coffee beans allows you to buy coffee in bulk (get discount from bulk purchase), roast your own coffee and have the freshest cup possible and not forgetting, it saves you some money in the process...
It used to be that the idea of "going green" was simply a broad generality that sounded good but didn't have any real practical application. Today, companies all over the country realize the money they can save by going green, not to mention the positive PR they can get out of it, too. Most people want to live a greener lifestyle, but aren't quite sure how. Let's take a look at some common sense things you can do around the office to help make your workplace a bit more environmentally friendly.
Organized carpooling
Your office likely already has some people that are carpooling each and every day to work. What you may not know is that you might have dozens of other employees who would love to carpool if they only knew other employees who lived around them. Getting organized carpools going is simple. Send out a mass email to all of your employees and get a map posted with everyone's address who wants to carpool. Organize a schedule and before you know it, your employees will be saving a bundle on gas each and every day.
Recycle
If you work in an office environment, the amount of paper products you go through in a year can be mind boggling. Some offices have token recycling programs that no one really takes care of, so if you want to really make a difference each and every day, start a complete recycling program for not only paper, but also plastics and even a compost box for discarded food.
Four day work weeks
It may seem like a radical idea, but more and more companies, and even some municipalities, are switching to a four day work week. A shorter work week doesn't mean that your business is only open four days a week, it simply means that you have a partial staff on certain days. It has been shown to cut gas usage significantly and companies that have already started similar programs show a spike in moral and productivity.
Smarter office shopping
We may not realize it, but the average office uses a ton of resources. Some resources, like printer paper and envelopes we see, but other things like paper plates, cups and coffee filters, we may not take into consideration. It may cost a few extra pennies a month, but by switching to paper that is made from recycled materials and banning paper plates and cups in favor of glass or ceramic can make a much bigger impact than you think. You can even switch to unbleached, partially recycled coffee filters.
Clean smart
Since most offices are cleaned when we have all gone home for the evening, we don't think about the toxic and environmentally unfriendly cleaning products that are often used on our desks and workspaces. There are plenty of cleaning companies that give the option of using all natural cleaning products in lieu of regular ones. It may not seem like you're making a difference, but if every office environment in the country made the same switches, the results would be enormous.
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