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How do you store your grounded coffee? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have literally a couple of mason jars (the smaller variant ball jars). I have a hand grinder that fits the jars so it works out. Means my husband and I can both have ground coffee fairly fresh and without having to share (his coffee tastes like dirt to me). It works for us. We grind the night before usually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 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).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I had a bigger box than OP, and it always had tea inside for me. I guess it was a specific brand of tea but I may hallucinate this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

No idea, but it was my parent's box for loose tea leaves...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Thank you kind one :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I grind on demand, if I have a little too much I'll dip it like a wad of tobacco which is probably gross but I like it so don't @ me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whatever flops your mop :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a good one 😂 I'm going to borrow it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Borrow for as long as you like 😉

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I loved seeing this. We had the exact same tin box in my childhood household. We used it to store tea. May all your future coffee brews be blessed with this mental connection

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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 :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I store whole bean in an airtight container and grind it daily.

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