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    Green Coffee Beans for Long Term Storage


    Green coffee beans are best for long-term storage whereas roasted coffee beans have a limited shelf-life — they comparatively won’t retain their fresh flavor for too long. The shelf life of ground coffee is even less – making both roasted coffee beans and ground coffee poor choices for long term storage.

    For those who are setting aside foods for prepping and preparedness,
    http://modernsurvivalblog.com/surviv...-term-storage/
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    question from a non-coffee drinker.... when they say the shelf life of ground coffee is short, how bad does it get?

    I am under the assumption that when the fur flies and you have been without coffee for 3 months.... even bad/stale coffee is better than no coffee...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jester-ND View Post
    question from a non-coffee drinker.... when they say the shelf life of ground coffee is short, how bad does it get?

    I am under the assumption that when the fur flies and you have been without coffee for 3 months.... even bad/stale coffee is better than no coffee...
    We have been roasting our own coffee for years, mostly because it is far better quality and is much cheaper.

    Fresh roasted coffee is best between 12 and 24 hours after roasting. The flavor begins to deteriorate after 1 day and starts to taste no better than Starbucks or Peets after about a week. It continues to get worse after that.

    Green beans basically last forever with no special storage requirements beyond keeping them dry. I buy beans in 50 pound burlap sacks and just put the whole thing in a closet until they are needed. Do NOT store them in buckets and certainly not mylar! They need fresh air. They come from 3rd world jungle countries and sometimes have some nasties (molds and/or bugs) in with the beans. The beans have an inner shell that comes off during roasting so all the nasties go away during roasting.

    I will never understand why more preppers do not roast their own coffee since it is something that is insanely easy to do and pays huge dividends now (in terms of better and cheaper coffee) and will be invaluable during a SHTF situation.
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    I have bought coffee in the usual vacuum packed cans and stored them. Still good even after 2 years on the shelf (a box of 6 cans kinda got lost in the back, and they didn't get rotated). No different from a new one. I used it all, and started rotating again. Vacuum packed cans of nuts, on the other hand, seem to go to sh!t pretty darned quick. Vacuum packed cans of tobacco passed the 2 year test just fine. I found one that has to be at least 5 to 7 years old... it has a sticker of $36, and they cost $55 now. I'll have to pop that open and see what's what.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jester-ND View Post
    question from a non-coffee drinker.... when they say the shelf life of ground coffee is short, how bad does it get?

    I am under the assumption that when the fur flies and you have been without coffee for 3 months.... even bad/stale coffee is better than no coffee...
    For me I don't think coffee is addictive. So really bad stale coffee is a no go for me. Pour me some water and I'm good to go.
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    I love my coffee and store it. I like it strong and black (Sorta like Slippy likes his woman ) and even like old fashioned cowboy coffee. Hell, I'll drink coffee someone has put a cigarette out in.

    That said, I have heard about the green beans for years now and I know Inor is a proponent, but I have never had the time or really looked into doing the green beans and roasting my own. Now that I may retire soon I will have more time to look into it. For now, I have been storing the vacuum canned coffee and although I am not a connoisseur, it does OK in my book.
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