Coffee Beans are one of the most sophisticated type of crops, as it requires a lot of care and attention, not just during the time of plantation, but also harvest, and storage. Failure in giving it the best kind of treatment in all these stages could cause the coffee beans to lose their goodness, i.e. taste, aroma, medicinal values, and so on. Generally, people drink coffee for the refreshment that it offers through its amazing flavor. Imagine a coffee drink that doesn’t quite have its smell or freshness, rather, it’s bitter. That’s how coffee drinks get when the coffee beans used to prepare them are not in their best form.

There are so many things that need to be taken into consideration to ensure that the freshness of coffee beans is preserved for a longer period of time. It is only by using fresh coffee beans, whether the ones that are actually fresh or preserved in a proper way, that you can enjoy the goodness of organic coffee.

Brewing Coffee

Brewing Coffee might look like a very simple procedure to many, as a matter of fact, it is quite sophisticated. So many things need to be considered in terms of brewing coffee, for instance, the amount of ground coffee to that of water, kind of water, temperature of water, the level of grind, temping, pouring, and so many other things. To get the best taste of coffee, there are certain international standards that need to be followed in terms of brewing coffee. But all this won’t make much difference if the coffee beans, or the coffee plant overall, hasn’t been treated well.

The taste of coffee and coffee freshness depends highly on how the coffee beans have been stored. However, the taste of coffee and coffee freshness also varies greatly on factors like how the plantation happened, how the harvesting was done, how the coffee was processed from coffee cherries to coffee beans, and finally, how the coffee beans were roasted. These stages come prior to storing coffee beans.

If in any of these stages, the standards haven’t been followed, or things haven’t quite gone the right way, then, it doesn’t really matter how efficiently one stores coffee beans, or skillfully brews ground coffee, the resulting drink would not be as good in terms of taste and aroma, as it could have been.

How To Store Coffee Beans

To preserve the freshness of coffee beans for a longer period, it has to be stored in a well maintained manner during all its stages. When the coffee beans are in their green beans stage, they need to be stored in a cool and dry place. In this stage, coffee can be stored for years. As a matter of fact, the more they’re stored the more they get that aged effect, improving the taste and aroma of coffee beans.

After the coffee beans have been roasted, they can only be used for a duration of 7 days, after which they start losing their flavor. To retain the real taste of coffee beans, they need to be stored either in an air tight container, or in flavor lock bags. During so will help them stay fresh for a duration of 6 months.

Even when they are stored properly, you need to make sure to prevent them from coming in contact with the 4 enemies of coffee. This is the basic step in how to store coffee beans. The 4 enemies of coffee beans are oxygen, moisture, heat and sunlight. If the roasted coffee beans or even the green beans come in contact with any of these elements, the coffee beans start getting stale and losing their taste and smell. They might turn bitter or even develop mold if they are in contact with the 4 enemies of coffee for a prolonged duration. Green Beans, however, are immune to the effects of oxygen.

There are so many benefits of coffee. This is one of those facts that cannot be denied. Drinking coffee regularly keeps your bodily functions regulated and in its peak level. One of the benefits of coffee is that it prevents you from different kinds of gastrointestinal and brain related diseases. You’re also able to perform well in your day to day work, as your level of focus is heightened by drinking coffee, and most importantly, your social life gets better with coffee, as it is a known fact that drinking coffee with friends improve the bonding between them. By drinking coffee regularly, you could experience these benefits.

But what you need to seriously consider is that benefits are like taste and aroma. You will have all these benefits of coffee, only when you take it in its best form. And the only way to ensure that the coffee beans are in their best form is by focusing on their plantation, harvest and preservation, i.e. in all its stages of growth and development. Coffee beans need to be treated in the best possible way, and stored well, protecting it from all 4 enemies of coffee, so that it remains fresh for a long period of time.

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