I figure if the bag with the valve is good enough to ship it in and/or keep it on the store shelf for a couple months, it’s fine for my cabinet. I do have a canister with a one-way valve that’ll get almost all of the air out, but that’s for a 2-lb bag that I won’t necessarily be getting through in a short amount of time.

I like jars, they make me feel fancy.

A bag is gone in a week or so. I store it in the bag it comes in, as tightly wrapped as I can get it. It’s usually roasted within the same week that I get it. If I have a backlog I keep sealed containers in the freezer. If I buy bulk for some reason I’ll vacuum pack it into smaller size and freeze jt.

I tend to buy a lot of beans at one time. As such, the ones that won't be immediately opened for consumption will get tape covering the one way valve and tossed into the freezer.

The ones that are opened immediately (one for the office and one for home), get placed into a sealable container in their original bag.

I've been doing this for years without any apparent problems.

Is is better than just using the original bag? No idea. Probably not much better just using the original bags but the containers were not expensive and they have been used for years so the long term cost is practically nothing.

Chance

Funny, I just finished watching this video before opening Lemmy and seeing this post.

Coffee storage is an area I want to get into but haven’t yet. As usual, Lance has brought to light some really fascinating scientific research into the coffee community. I’m not nearly good enough at coffee to benefit from his techniques but I really enjoy hearing them.

i go through a 350g bag of coffee in around 7 weeks. have tried a bunch of storage techniques, rn i just parcel it into a few 100g portions and stack those in the airscape