Is Your Craft Coffee Roaster Ruining Your Coffee With Packaging?

 

If you didn’t jump in on the craft beer or craft cocktail craze, you may have given in when it comes to craft coffee. And we get it, we love our craft coffee too, especially when it comes from local, independent roasters. But some of those roasters may be making packaging choices that are negatively affecting the flavor of your coffee. How can you tell? By the bag, of course.

 

Traditionally, coffee beans are stored in air-tight bags with one-way valves to allow CO2 and other gases from the roasting process to escape. The better roasters will even flush out the oxygen from the bag before loading it with beans. Any bag that doesn’t have a valve to let gasses escape, or any bag that’s porous and allows oxygen to get in (think those cute craft paper bags) are doing your coffee beans a great disservice.

 

 

Here’s what Klaus Thomsen, co-owner of Danish roaster Coffee Collective had to say in an interview with Sprudge:

 

“Our experiments figured out that the best thing is to remove the oxygen, so we flushed with nitrogen, straight from the beginning, so there's none of that oxidation happening. So that means that your degassing can sort of happen on its own,” said Thomsen. Even if your coffee hasn't been nitrogen-flushed, a well-sealed valve bag should go a long way towards keeping its contents intact before brewing.”

 

 

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Common Misconceptions About Coffee

We all love the stuff, but we can’t always be up to date with all there is to know about coffee. Here are two common misconceptions about coffee that may surprise you.

Storing coffee in the freezer. For infrequent coffee drinker bringing home a brand new bag of beans, it’s often tempting to think the best place to keep it would be in the freezer. The problem with keeping coffee beans in the freezer, however, is that it will create too much moisture in the bag, leading to beans that go bad quickly and end up with a dull taste. The best place to store beans is in the pantry or other cool, dry place, in an airtight container with a one way valve so that no air can get in but CO2 can get out.

Decaf coffee. For those who love the taste of coffee but can’t quite handle the caffeine, or those who’re already on their fourth cup and need to cut back ever so slightly, decaf may seem like a godsend. Here it is, the wonderful taste of coffee with absolutely none of the caffeine, right? Well, not quite. While most decaf coffees manage to be up to 97% caffeine free, they do still contain some caffeine, an average of 5mg per cup. This may not be enough to keep you up at night, but it’s worth noting that caffeine has a half life of six hours so it’s still not a great idea to have a cup of decaf before bed.

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