How long is the storage time of coffee beans?

1. Unopened coffee beans:

Suitable for storage in a cool, well-ventilated environment, the temperature is suitable for 18 °C-22 °C. Try not to put it in a dry place (the humidity is too dry below 54%), so its storage environment is similar to that of red wine.

two。 Opened coffee beans:

When the coffee bean comes into contact with the air, its flavor begins to lose, while the area of a complete coffee bean in contact with the air is limited, but the coffee bean forms a powder after grinding, and countless noodles come into contact with the air, which speeds up the loss of flavor. Therefore, when making coffee, grind and use it as much as possible, so as to ensure the quality of each cup of coffee. As for the preservation of open coffee beans, it is suitable for sealed preservation, but do not put them in a too humid environment, because coffee beans are afraid of moisture, and the oil of coffee beans is easy to lose, and the flavor will become worse.

Key points for preservation of coffee beans:

Whether the coffee beans are opened or not, they are afraid that the environmental humidity is too high.

Coffee beans, whether opened or not, their preservation environment can not be mixed, especially not suitable for storage in the refrigerator.

After the coffee beans are opened, as long as the packaging is sealed correctly, it can be accepted for use within three days (the longest is no more than five days), but also pay attention to the preservation environment.

Ground coffee beans are best used immediately.

How to preserve coffee beans?

The secret of coffee bean preservation

Roasted coffee beans are easily oxidized by oxygen in the air, which deteriorates the quality of the oil, volatilizes and disappears, and then deteriorates quickly through temperature, humidity, sunlight and so on.

Especially after multi-layer treatment of low-caffeine coffee beans, oxidation is carried out faster. Therefore, in order to maintain the aroma and quality of coffee, how to package and preserve coffee beans has become a great knowledge. Coffee beans produce three times the volume of carbon dioxide after roasting, so the packaging of coffee mainly needs to deal with the carbon dioxide produced by coffee beans in addition to avoiding contact with air oxidation.

Gaseous packaging

In the most common packaging, beans and powder are packed in empty cans, glass, paper bags or plastic containers, and then sealed or sealed. Low preservation, and due to constant contact with the air, need to drink as soon as possible, drinking period is about a week.

vacuum packing

The packing container (can, aluminum foil bag, plastic bag) draws out the air from the container after filling the coffee. Although it is called a vacuum, it actually removes at most 90% of the air, and the surface area of the coffee powder is larger than that of the coffee beans, and even the remaining air can easily combine with the powder to affect the flavor.

Gas filling packaging

A pinhole is designed on the metal bag. After filling the coffee, inactive nitrogen is poured into the bag and the carbon dioxide pinhole is squeezed out. This method is more popular, but after all the gas is discharged, the oxygen is quietly drilled back into the bag from the pinhole.

Gas sorbent packaging

Put the absorbent made of deoxidizer and decarbonate into the bag, the air in the package can be easily absorbed, and the carbonation produced by the coffee can also be inhaled, but the aroma of the coffee will also be sucked away is its disadvantage.

UCC Asia Rome Packaging

At present, it is the most ideal outer packaging of coffee, all in the shape of beans rather than powder. It is similar to the pinhole metal bag, except that the gas in the bag can be discharged through the pinhole, while the unidirectional piston can prevent the oxygen from entering the bag. Immediately after the beans are roasted, the coffee manufacturers cool and pack the beans and pour nitrogen into the bag, which has discharged the gas from the bag. Although this kind of packaging method is ideal, it is expensive in materials and high in cost. At present, only selected coffee from large companies will use this packaging method.