Sweet Coffee - one of the most beloved and popular beverages worldwide. But, unfortunately, the coffee beans quickly lose their flavor if not properly stored, and they do drink from is not so good as we would like. Ground coffee is even more difficult to save. How to store coffee at home, so he did not lose their properties?

Magic flavor

The older generation remembers the days when coffee was scarce products available only to the elite. Today, buy a coffee - not a problem. Soluble, ground or beans, arabica, robusta, or various mixtures - in every supermarket there is a coffee for every taste. A variety of specialty stores even more.

It would seem, why bother to keep the coffee, if you can at any time to buy? Still, such a need arises frequently. Someone rarely drink coffee, so long forced to keep the packaging. Someone prefers a particular type that is rare in the sale. Some of the savings to buy a coffee in large packages. In other words, situations where you want to store coffee, a lot.

Improper storage negatively affects the taste of the coffee and its aroma. Refreshing drink still willing, but the pleasure of eating it no longer: after all, most people drink coffee for pleasure and even its magical aroma and rich flavor. That is why it is so important to take care of that coffee stored properly.

Still, it is best not to store coffee and buying it in small portions to be used immediately. Of course, this is not very advantageous from the economic point of view, but the flavor of the coffee can not be compared with the aroma of a beverage prepared from grains that have been stored for a long time. In a pinch, you can buy green coffee for the future, and then roast and grind it just before use.

Green coffee beans

It is best stored unroasted coffee. This kind of coffee beans buy only the biggest fans of the drink, which is a pleasure to roast their own beans, bringing them up to the necessary standard. Green coffee can be stored in a cool dark place with low humidity. As the air - the main enemy of any coffee, it is necessary to store the used plastic container or glass jar with a tight screw cap. The Bank should be wrapped in heavy paper or packed in an opaque pouch fabric to the green beans did not get light.

In a cool place in the home unroasted coffee it can be stored for more than a year, almost without losing their properties. But periodically, every four to six months, it is advisable to pour the grain briefly on a cloth to dry, then pack back.

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Shelf life of roasted coffee beans are much smaller. At home, they can save up to two weeks. Ideal for storing suitable ceramic jar with a lid, the lid should fit tightly as possible. Roasted beans are stored at room temperature in the dark. It can be used for storage and the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

If the beans are roasted on their own, in the first days of storage is recommended to periodically lifts the lid of a jar. In the following days the lid should be kept tightly closed at all times. If the grain purchased in the store, it is best to store them in their original packaging, which allows you to keep the coffee from contact with the air.

Ground coffee

Ground coffee is not recommended to store in principle. It is for this reason that many coffee drinkers avoid buying ground coffee in packets, preferring to grind grain. It is no accident the most delicious drink is obtained from freshly ground coffee: an hour Storage of coffee deprived of some aromatic substances.

But the producers at least have the opportunity to pack coffee tightly, without air, so ground coffee may persist for some time, without losing its magic smell. In the home environment completely exclude air to ground coffee is practically impossible. So every day, even every hour drink becomes less tasty.

It is recommended to keep the ground coffee is not more than three or four days, and the need to store or use the original packaging (if bought in a coffee shop) or a sealed container. Best of all, if the container is a small volume: it will help better preserve the flavor. Coffee stored at room temperature and only in a dark place - if a container made of glass, it is desirable to further packaged in a paper or cloth bag.

Where it is not necessary to store coffee

• Best coffee stored at room temperature or in the cool. It is not necessary to store coffee in the refrigerator, and even more so in the freezer (exception - the long-term storage freshly roasted). Not suitable for storing and too warm places, such as on a shelf or sill plate, sunlit.
• Most coffee beans harm the air, so you should ensure that container of coffee sealed.
• The second enemy is the coffee - the moisture. It is advisable to keep the grain dry.
• Finally, the third enemy of coffee - light and matter, sunlight or artificial. For this reason it is necessary to store the coffee filter container opaque and transparent jars or containers required additional packaging.
• Even tightly packed coffee you should not store near ostropahnuschimi products. Garlic, onion and various spices or chemicals - bad neighbors for coffee beans.

Maria Bykov

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