Those who add beans on demand to the hopper, where do you store your beans and what volume of roasted beans do you keep on hand at any one time?
I assume most keep the beans in an airtight container in a dark place and you keep a maximum of 250 grams on hand? Has anyone got any idea what the decrease in bean life/flavour would be if you had a small hopper with lid (say to hold 300gms) and you painted it black. That way the darkness is covered and although a hopper on the grinder would not be totally air tight there is not going to be a lot of air movement through it. I ask as I have just bought a Gino Rossi CC45 and was wondering if storing my freshly roated 250grms of beans in this manner was a viable option. It seems it may be given the evidence above about the benefit of some bean weight in the hopper?
I assume most keep the beans in an airtight container in a dark place and you keep a maximum of 250 grams on hand? Has anyone got any idea what the decrease in bean life/flavour would be if you had a small hopper with lid (say to hold 300gms) and you painted it black. That way the darkness is covered and although a hopper on the grinder would not be totally air tight there is not going to be a lot of air movement through it. I ask as I have just bought a Gino Rossi CC45 and was wondering if storing my freshly roated 250grms of beans in this manner was a viable option. It seems it may be given the evidence above about the benefit of some bean weight in the hopper?

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