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  • Life of green beans

    Hi Folks,

    Do green beans have an optimum or even a certain amount of time before they are no good?

    Cheers.

  • #2
    Can't answer without knowing how you are going to store them!

    The regurgitated rule of 3's is:
    • 3 minutes for roasted ground coffee
    • 3 weeks for roasted whole bean
    • 3 years for green coffee.
    Roasted coffee should be stored cool,dark, dry and air tight. The one way valve bags we pack in allows the CO2 gas out, and not O2 in.

    Green beans should also be stored cool, dark and dry, similar to a loaf of bread in your pantry. Keep them in the natural cotton bags that we ship them in as it allows the beans to breathe moisture in and out without getting mold.

    Leave beans green or brown in the sun, in air or in a hot place and they'll deteriorate faster.

    Even after 3 years, green beans might be okay, your taste buds will let you know how well they were stored after you roast them.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Andy View Post
      Can't answer without knowing how you are going to store them!

      The regurgitated rule of 3's is:
      • 3 minutes for roasted ground coffee
      • 3 weeks for roasted whole bean
      • 3 years for green coffee.
      Roasted coffee should be stored cool,dark, dry and air tight. The one way valve bags we pack in allows the CO2 gas out, and not O2 in.

      Green beans should also be stored cool, dark and dry, similar to a loaf of bread in your pantry. Keep them in the natural cotton bags that we ship them in as it allows the beans to breathe moisture in and out without getting mold.

      Leave beans green or brown in the sun, in air or in a hot place and they'll deteriorate faster.

      Even after 3 years, green beans might be okay, your taste buds will let you know how well they were stored after you roast them.
      Hello Andy,

      ive also read that vacuum sealing green beans is also a good way of storing them as it eliminates the conditions around it like humidity etc. I’ve vacuum packed some of the beans I bought for later use and left some beans in the cotton bag for immediate use. What’s your thoughts is what I’ve read have any validity to it? Cheers

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      • #4
        My thoughts are... don't buy more than you'll use in a reasonable time and keep them in the excellent cotton packaging we ship them in.

        Unless you are "prepping for the end of the world" and then you should store them in a safe, in your concrete bunker, in liquid nitrogen and sit in a rocking chair beside them with an M16 assault rifle.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Andy View Post
          My thoughts are... don't buy more than you'll use in a reasonable time and keep them in the excellent cotton packaging we ship them in.

          Unless you are "prepping for the end of the world" and then you should store them in a safe, in your concrete bunker, in liquid nitrogen and sit in a rocking chair beside them with an M16 assault rifle.
          Andy, you are not making it any easier for us, are you? With new beans appearing in Beanbay every so often and existing beans selling out quickly, what are poor sods like us going to do? I have about 40kg of beans in my stash and I am still itching to buy the ones I have not sampled. If you ever get Yemen beans in, I will be all over Beanbay in no time.

          I am not a dooms day prepper but at this rate, I might as well become one!

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          • #6
            I remember not too long after I discovered this new hobby of roasting my own beans that someone asked if it saved me money.
            I replied that I thought it would one day.
            However at that particular point of time, I had managed to accumulate 60kg of green beans in my shed. At the time, probably 12 different types and way back then around $8-10 per kg, so about $600 worth of 'stock' in the shed.
            Not quite M16 worthy, but still a good sized stash.
            I pulled my head in and stopped buying (mostly) for a while and managed to work my way through them all over the next few years. Never threw any out then although 18 years later, maybe I would be a harsher judge on the older ones.
            Ahh. Bali Shinzan, Peru Grace Estate and so many others at the dawning of the CoffeeSnobs experience.
            What a ride!

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            • #7
              Think we've all been there to some extent - So much great coffee and so little time...

              Mal.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by lancruiser View Post

                I have about 40kg of beans in my stash

                I am not a dooms day prepper but at this rate, I might as well become one!
                Stash? 40kgs of beans in your stash? Now that's novel and...That's a lot of stash ...LOL Sure you're not a prepper?...Is that to go with your special Boston mud cakes you have stored in your concrete bunker?

                Sorry, couldn't let that one go through to the keeper

                Cheers.

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                • lancruiser
                  lancruiser commented
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                  40kg in the bunker...consuming 3 to 4kg a month...oh dear, may only last 10months.....better buy more.
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