How long will coffee beans last?
Friday, May 14th, 2010 at
11:12 am
I’ve got a bag of jamican blue coffee that I totally forgot about. The bag has never been opened and they are whole beans. The bag of coffee was pretty pricey, I’m just wondering how long coffee beans will stay good in a sealed plastic bag??
The bag is air tight and has never been opened. It’s about a year old though!
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If it is an airtight bag, I’d say indefinitely. Just don’t put them in the fridge or freezer because that will alter their moisture content and ruin them! Once you open them I would try to use them within a month.
I was thinking about buying a coffee bean grinder, but there’s so many different things to consider, many of which I’ve never even heard of before, such as: How long does it take to grind the coffee beans? How much can I grind at one time? Is the grinder electric or manual? Is the grinder a space saver? How many coarness levels does the grinder have, ie; fine, ultrafine or coarse, medium coarseness. How was the cost of a grinder? What is difference in the most expensive grinder to the less expensive grinders? Can you use any flavor of coffee to grind? Does the coffee bean grinder come attached to a coffee maker? Will the coffee grinder have a any type of timer- along with some type of auto turn off mechanism?