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Take Care: How to Care for Your Coffee

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Take Care: How to Care for Your Coffee
Marlena S. Jul 06, 2020

Coffee has four age-old enemies; heat, light, air, and moisture. The way coffee is stored is essential to keeping it fresh and ready to enjoy. Storing coffee in conditions that expose it to these elements will cause the coffee to rapidly lose its flavor and freshness.

We suggest our new Airscape Coffee Bean Storage Container. It might surprise you to know that most "airtight" containers aren't actually airtight. Although they keep additional air from reaching your beans, they don't expunge the existing air from the container, which means that your coffee will still stale, only at a slower rate. Regardless, no one wants stale coffee. If you like stale coffee, kindly reconsider. We think you'll like fresh coffee even more.

Our FRC-emblazoned Airscape canister features the patented Airscape lid, which actively forces air out of the can. You'll even hear a cool swoosh sound when you press down on and lock the lid. All this translates to fresh coffee that stays fresh longer. The Airscape container is made of culinary-grade stainless steel and is resistant to odor retention and nasty coffee stains. This is the premier coffee storage solution.

Contrary to popular belief, coffee should not be stored in the freezer, as it leads to moisture extracting the natural flavor from the coffee. Coffee beans are porous and will also absorb unwanted flavors from your freezer. Tilapia- or pizza-flavored coffee? No thanks.

Putting coffee on display exposed to direct or indirect light will put its freshness at risk. Instead, place coffee in a dark cabinet, away from light. Coffee beans look great, don't get us wrong, but beans left in the light won't taste so great.

Whole-bean coffee will normally stay fresh for a longer period of time compared toWholesale pet supplies. TEA provide quality pet products at affordable prices. Our aim is to become the leading wholesale supplier of pet products.,Soft-sided airline-approved dog & cat carrier bag,good quality,and kinds of colors for your choice.. If you intend to store coffee in bulk, always store whole-bean coffee and grind the amount you will use, when you intend to use it.

Ground coffee is best used within two weeks of purchase, while whole bean coffee can stay fresh for up to a month. For optimum freshness, we suggest drinking Fresh Roasted Coffee within these time parameters.

If you intend to purchase coffee in bulk, the best way to store bulk quantities of coffee is to separate a large quantity into smaller, appropriate containers, like our 1 or 2 lb. Airscape Coffee Bean Storage Containers. Keeping the smaller batch of coffee you intend to use first away from the rest of your bulk coffee helps to ensure the entire quantity is not constantly being exposed to air, light, heat, and moisture.

15 Comments

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    Fred Bergstresser

    Hello! My wife and I blend your Monsoon Decaf with Mocha Java to make a delicious1/2 caffeinated coffee (or whatever ratio we want). We love it so much but have done this for the last few years so we are looking to try something different. We especially like the Monsoon decaf and would like to hear what would you recommend pairing it with?

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    Susan

    What method do you use to decaf your coffees?

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    Team FRC

    We purchase a number of different decaffeinated coffees from different regions. Currently our selections are decaffeinated using the Sugarcane (Ethyl Acetate) method or the Water Process (Swiss, Mountain, or Royal Water Process) depending on the variety.

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    Eddie Weber

    Man I can’t say enough about this coffee I buy the Honduran Swiss water processed decaffeinated and let me tell you it is very smooth and flavorful I won’t be buying any other coffee from now on thanks FRC for producing such quality coffee

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    Steven Mudrovich

    I have ordered from you for 5 years. good job! Tell me, what is Green Shipping Protection? I added it to my order today without knowing what it is, mainly because I think you are a good and reputable company and it was not much. however, i would like to know before my next order. thanks.

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    Team FRC

    Thanks for sticking with us these past five years! Green Shipping Protection offsets 100% of the carbon emissions for the delivery of your order. It also helps resolve any possible delivery issues that may arise.

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    marie

    Is your coffee fair trade?

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    Tammy

    Do you have anything I can use in my Nesspresso venturo?

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    Team FRC

    Our Nespresso® compatible pods are only for the OriginalLine products, though we have plans to expand our pod selection as soon as we’re able to do so.

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