How do you store your grounded coffee? ( slrpnk.net )

Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don't store much at the time, it's just if I grind a little too much and what not. I'm assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a closed container.

Feel free to share pics of your containers 🌻

Edit: My grinder doesn't allow for selective ground mode, but a new grinder is defo on the list! Seems like keeping them as beans for as long as possible - is the way.

zabadoh ,

I keep my old coffee bags with the little plastic vent thing in them, and use those to store my brewing grounds for the week.

I can't deal with grinding fresh every day.

Sunny OP ,
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Yeah same here, currently grind only every other day - which still feels a lot hehe. Totally get that "keep it as fresh as possible", but I dont have the time in the mornings to go through the full process, so gotta cut the corners some places :P

atrielienz ,

I have literally a couple of mason jars (the smaller variant ball jars). I have a hand grinder that fits the jars so it works out. Means my husband and I can both have ground coffee fairly fresh and without having to share (his coffee tastes like dirt to me). It works for us. We grind the night before usually.

watersnipje ,

Wow, instant nostalgia from that tea tin. In the Netherlands these were definitely a thing in the last century. I don’t know where they came from but everyone had them. I’ve ordered some (they’re pretty cheap).

TedZanzibar ,

ITT a surprising number of people who remember having these tins as kids, including me. I'll have to see if my parents still have theirs.

Firipu ,
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Oooh man, that tin box! We had that as our cookie tin box when I was a kid.

Does anyone have any idea where that comes from?

alphafalcon ,

No idea, but it was my parent's box for loose tea leaves...

Sunny OP ,
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Had no idea so many people would point out that they knew this tin hahaha. Kinda fun! Only recently picked it up for very cheap on a second hand market.

pseudo ,
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Just like me! Except I choose the small one. I wanted badly to get the lot but I don't have enough thing to store to justify it.

best_username_ever ,

I had a bigger box than OP, and it always had tea inside for me. I guess it was a specific brand of tea but I may hallucinate this.

multicolorKnight ,

I drink it. That's a nice tin, though. I have lots of beans, tea and mate that would feel honored to be in that tin.

Sunny OP ,
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Thank you kind one :)

bizzle ,
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I grind on demand, if I have a little too much I'll dip it like a wad of tobacco which is probably gross but I like it so don't @ me.

Sunny OP ,
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Whatever flops your mop :)

bizzle ,
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That's a good one 😂 I'm going to borrow it

Sunny OP ,
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Borrow for as long as you like 😉

gencha ,

I loved seeing this. We had the exact same tin box in my childhood household. We used it to store tea. May all your future coffee brews be blessed with this mental connection

Sunny OP ,
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<3

Anticorp ,

In my belly. Don't grind the beans until you're ready to make coffee, and only grind enough for that brew.

almar_quigley ,

You eat the grounds after brewing?!?

Anticorp ,

Doesn't everyone?

almar_quigley ,

I’ve been missing out this whole time!

fubarx ,

Inexpensive electric burr grinder. Grind a single serving and Aeropress it. Works a charm. No complaints.

thayer ,

Nice tin. We grind a 1L Mason jar's worth at a time and use a French press. One jar lasts about 2 weeks and honestly, I can't tell the difference between a fresh grind and a 2-week grind, regardless of bean used. I'm sure some would disagree :)

Pulptastic ,

I store whole bean in an airtight container and grind it daily.

OhmsLawn ,

Beans go in mason jars once I open a 1 Kg bag. Once it's ground, I'm drinking it.

fritobugger2017 ,

I weigh the amount of beans I intend to grind so I never have to store ground coffee.

itsgroundhogdayagain ,

I'll mix a pound (or whatever size they are now) of regular and a pound of decaf and store it in a big plastic Folger's container in the fridge.

I'm a heathen.

Neato ,
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What's wrong with that? Air-tight in a low-humidity environment?

itsgroundhogdayagain ,

Everyone here seems to like to grind their beans the day they use them.

surewhynotlem ,

Heathens. True coffee experts grind them the day after use.

wfh ,
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True coffee experts chew the beans raw and let saliva enzymes digest the starches.

zabadoh ,

That's how civet cat poop coffee got started

Super coffee experts breed their own Asian civet cats for best tasting poop coffee.

BorgDrone ,

Ground coffee starts to lose flavor after about 15 minutes.

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