long term coffee storage?
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I'd bet that storing the whole bean would be better. I buy five large cans of ground coffee at a time, and probably get 3/4 of a year out of them. I haven't noticed any taste difference with them anyways. I'm sure the O2 absorbers would make it more stable. I also think that where you store it will make more of a difference than how. Cool and dark.
Would probably be stored in the root cellar. Keeps pretty cool down there year round.
I just got my root cellar sealed up and started loading it with canned goods and stuff. I still haven't put a thermometer in it but it's nice and cool every time I go in it. I hope I stay below 70 in August. We will see!
I think mine usually stays around 65 during the summer. I'm not 100% sure because I don't check the thermometer as often as I should. It's nice and cool though, lol.
Coffee has oils, the oil will start to go rancid in 2 to 3 years regardless if stored correctly, tea and freeze dried coffee will store better 
If you have pine trees and dandelions then you already have the source for tea.
If you have pine trees and dandelions then you already have the source for tea.
I use Folgers and / or store brand Columbian in my coffee maker . Im working on a pantry full of the stuff we use like coffee , can goods , penut butter , sugar, flour , corn meal , and such . Fill the pantry up and rotate as used . That gives me months of the stuff we use that has a resonable shelf life . For extended coffee storage I keep several jars of instant coffee . In ocasional power outage I have taken out a jar that is several years old and its always been good to use .
far far more antioxidants in pine needle and dandelion tea
though I do love my coffee and have stocked up on freeze dried though not my preferred coffee, I love my Folgers Coffee and wish I could stock up for long term storage.What's in the pine needle and dandelion tea? How exactly do you make it? Just boil the needles and dandelions?far far more antioxidants in pine needle and dandelion tea
Freeze dried (unopened) will last 10 to 15 years, the Folgers I experimented with was 4 years old and was bitter, I left one in it's original sealed container and the other one I sealed in a air tight seal a meal bag, both was bitter, I'm not sure the low oil coffee like Folgers 'simply smooth' would fare any better.
Yes boil the pine needles till the water turns a golden brown, add a little sugar or honey and drink, dandelion tea on the other hand depends on what part of the season it is picked, otherwise it is bitter though generally take the leafs and lightly roll them in your palm till you see the leaf turn darker then boil them till the water becomes golden in color add sugar or honey, dandelion tea will also help with upset stomachs, every part of the dandelion can be use for medicinal purposes
Making the tea is an art form learn the old ways.
One thing I have heard about pine needles is if they are round they are safe if they are the flat type they are poison ........... or is it the other way around . I have heard all parts of the dandilion are good for something .
I make tea from blue spruce, evergreens (not very round
) and of course from short needle/long needle pine treesI've got a few blue spruce at my bol I believe.I make tea from blue spruce, evergreens (not very round
If you have these trees... you have tea
birch tree, you can add the chaga fungus that only grows on the birch to the tea
tamarack, it's of the pine family
pine
spruce
douglas fir
birch tree, you can add the chaga fungus that only grows on the birch to the tea
tamarack, it's of the pine family
pine
spruce
douglas fir
Weird. I remember researching this before, and the answers were all over the map. One thing held true, the best recommendation for long term storage remained the instant coffee route (best for time, as long as you don't mind the taste of instant). The sealed bags that are like bricks a close second. For whole coffee beans, they can be stored in burlap bags for up to two years, in a cool, dark place (at least that was the general consensus, which makes sense, as historically, this is how they were kept).
Personally, not a big coffee drinker, but I do keep a bit of both instant and the bricks around. A couple of folks in the house really love their coffee...but neither are snobs about it.
Personally, not a big coffee drinker, but I do keep a bit of both instant and the bricks around. A couple of folks in the house really love their coffee...but neither are snobs about it.
Yea between me and my brother in law, who's gonna be in my post SHTF group cause my sister would kill me if I let him die, we drink one 2pound can about every 1-2 month's I believe. Maybe a little more frequently. I'm gonna start a 12 can rotation I think, and have freeze dried instant in large quantities as I can always rotate that as well. However I've read that someone drank some folgers instant that was like 30years old and said it was delicious. anyway, I think that's my long term coffee plan. Should be able to store 1-2 years worth that way and if the SHTF scenario lasts longer than that I'll head to Columbia and grow my own. Lol
I've personally (initially on accident) drank instant coffee that was 7 years old, and it didn't taste any different. Was a cold winter day, and we don't usually ever turn the heat on (don't need it in FL). But, was a cold morning, so saw it in there and decided to drink some (don't usually do coffee). It was unopened, so I assumed the wife got it recently, when really, it was left in there by her dad who had passed away. When I asked her, she didn't know anything about getting coffee, so I checked the date and noticed.
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