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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Coffee Prepping, post-Feces-Fan-Convergence (PFFC)


[ NOTE: TAKEN from a recent comment on
YouTube, at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpX3CKWgVKM]


 
H8 to burst a bubble, but it seems most people are way clueless regarding the coffee prep.  Believe me, it won't last that long, if its already ground, and not excessively long stored as beans--but this all depend upon how 'picky' you are. In general, the rule-of thumbs are that beans last longest, and regardless of grind, darker roasts last the shortest. It has to do with the oils...

From a perspective of 'freshness' and best taste, there are 3 tiers of prepping/storage for coffee; daily use, S-term, and L-term.
Class 1) 'Daily', or pre-SHTF: these are reasonably priced cans and containers off the grocery store shelf--fairly cheap, and fresh. I personally can't keep even sealed cans of  ground, roasted coffees more than about 3 months before they noticeably lose their freshness--they start tasting stale or downgraded after that.  Yeah, it is still drinkable, or tolerable, but the fact is that it degrades rapidly, and so, when SHTF, this kind of 'fresh' coffee will become a true luxury of the past, for most of us.

Class 2) Short-term stored coffees can be kept for 1-5 years or so, if they are stored or packed in foil/mylar packing, vacuum-sealed, and/or with O2 absorbers. In general, I have had pretty good luck with, for example, Gevalia coffees, and Lava-esque 'bricks' of compressed, sealed, vacuumed coffees. One could probably extend the lifetime of the class 1 ground coffees (noted above) by using the appropriate sealing measure, or simply buy them in that condition, and pack them away. Many pre-packed versions are fairly cheap, and there are a lot of flavored and specialty grinds [espresso, etc] packed in this way, fairly reasonably priced.

Class 3) for the ultimate Long-term storage 5+ years, one should seriously consider going the freeze-dried route. Yeah, these DO suck, but, there are several positives; lightweight, compact, and REALLY easy to prepare.Llike I suggest, they are better than NO coffee, and, it doesn't really ever go 'bad', if left intactly sealed. Best of all, it takes up the least # space/weight, so is ideal, L-T. Not cheap, though... find a brand you can live with and stock up...Alternatively, one could specially pack some preparations of vac-packed coffees (# 2 class, above) w/ O2 absorbers, inside more permanent storage containers, mitigating light, heat, moisture, rodent, and air degrades best as possible, and hope that they will survive LT...I dunno. Again, this might come down to storage room and other LT variables, as well as $$.

OK,   I generally am hoping/praying that LT storage will not be necessary. I am also pretty picky about my coffee, and so, I'm going predominantly with #2 class type alternatives and packaging, and hoping for the best. I haven't personally done it yet, but I do have a vac-packer, so I am going to get some smaller mylars and stuff and do up a few #10s full...I figure if things haven't stabilized by 5 years or so, we probably won't want or need real LT storage, cuz the feces-fan convergence is at the extreme, and we'll be 'going home' to Jesus' soon enough after, anyways  ;)

Hope this helps someone--God bless  ;)
GT