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.

  • multicolorKnight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

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

  • thayer@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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 :)

  • watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    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).

  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • Firipu@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    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?

    • Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.netOP
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      2 months ago

      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@jlai.luEnglish
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        2 months ago

        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.

  • seaQueue@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Don’t store ground coffee? Buy an inexpensive hand grinder from someone who’s moved up to a more expensive model and keep your beans whole until you’re ready to brew.

    Coffee stales amazingly quickly and there’s really no good way to prevent it, the longest I’d store ground coffee for is like half a day (if I’m taking some ground coffee to work to make a cup mid day.)

    If you absolutely must store ground coffee an airtight container should work but it won’t be terribly fresh after a day or two.

    • Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Buy an inexpensive hand grinder

      Any suggestions there? I’ve looked in the past from recommended review sites but some of the ones I saw suggested online as quality started at like $80. Also does it take a long time to grind say 6-8 tablespoons of ground coffee?

      • seaQueue@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I’m out of the loop here, you’re better off making a new post and asking everyone. I ascended to a $200+ 1zpresso last year and I’m never going back. Someone on Reddit bought it and had buyers remorse so when I saw it listed for half price I couldn’t resist.

        I can tell you not to buy the Hario Skerton or Skerton Pro though; both were incredibly inconsistent and I had a terrible time brewing using them. Even with stabilizer ring mods they both made a ton of fines and boulders, they weren’t good for anything except very coarse grind cold brew.

      • seaQueue@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I see a lot of people recommending the Timemore C2 as a cheap first grinder. Look for one on AliExpress and it’ll be <= half the price of Amazon. For $25-35 it sounds perfect.

        • Cosmo@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I haven’t used that specific model, but Timemore makes great stuff. Them and 1zpresso are the class of the current gen of hand grinders imo.

    • guyrocket@kbin.social
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      2 months ago

      I think this is the correct answer. When I went back to drinking coffee again a few years ago I bought a cheap hand grinder from scamazon. When money was available I bought the electric grinder I have now. I still use the hand grinder when camping.

      I keep my beans in the freezer. If I kept ground coffee around I’d keep it there too.

      ETA: I think this is the hand grinder I have: https://www.amazon.com/PARACITY-Grinder-Stainless-Aeropress-Espresso/dp/B08QRL9Q4Q/ref=sr_1_16

  • zabadoh@ani.social
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    2 months ago

    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' 🌻@slrpnk.netOP
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      2 months ago

      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

  • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Usually I attach a copper wire from the tin box to the faucet to make sure it’s well grounded.

  • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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    2 months ago

    In the timeout corner 🤪

    I’m no coffee connoisseur- but wouldn’t storing the coffee beans in ground form be more prone to static build up, humidity, etc etc than just storing the beans in whole form?

        • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          And any choice someone makes that is different to yours is a result of their ignorance.

          And it was worth derailing this harmless thread about OP’s hobby tins to explain this to me despite that I personally make the same choice.

          That’s not even an honest equivocation of what I said about coffee, just some um ackshually BS

          • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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            2 months ago

            You literally said in your comment “I’d have to assume”

            And so when someone points out that your assumption is not only false, but tries to point out that your rationale isn’t logical, you take it as a personal attack…

            Chill out dude. We’re talking about coffee holding techniques ffs and you’re acting like I called you a moron. I even pointed out in my comment that I wasn’t a connoisseur and posed it as a question.

            You came in with a false assumption, literally just based on a stats post you likely found after googling. Talk about derailing… you took a conversation that would’ve been about the science of storing coffee and turned it… into a discussion about statistics??

            Obvious troll. See ya dude.

      • jasparagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Oxidation (and other processes) do affect coffee flavor, and grinding it up increases surface area / exposure to oxygen, speeding that up. Putting it in the fridge seems to also worsen flavor, but the freezer seems to be pretty reliable. Here’s a nice video discussing this by a weird coffee person (James Hoffmann): Should you freeze coffee beans?

        Also, KGLW, nice!

        • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Woo! I picture James’ disapproving stare at me everytime I let the kettle go to full boil, or accidentally oversteep ಠ_ಠ

  • MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    In my coffee. Haha. I weigh out the amount of coffee I need before I grind it. That said, I also exclusively make cold brew, so I’m typically making enough for a few days.