All I am saying is that this is the best coffee I’ve personally encountered. I’m not saying it’ll cure your arthritis or anything, but it’ll wake you up in the morning in a really good way.
Landlady brought me a can yesterday, and so reminded me once again of the single complaint I have against this coffee. Technically I’d never run out, because the alternative is the pre-ground stuff they sell at the IGA and that’s almost-but-not-quite not worth drinking at all and so I’ve been rationing the Trader Joe’s. And I’ve done that before and noticed, even at the time, that a couple of weeks after opening the can the thrill is gone. It’s a very oily roast and really needs to be sealed. Comparing a can that’s been open for a month with one that you just pulled the tab on is like…well, it’s like comparing something that’s acceptable in a mediocre way with something that makes you want to be worthy.
Yes, and one of the greater arguments for at least refrigeration. When I was buying ground coffee, I would put enough for a day or two into a pint canning jar in the refrigerator, and the rest in a larger canning jar in the freezer. It was better that way, but it still lost that something special by the time the big jar was empty. Now I buy roasted whole bean coffee and grind just what I want to use each day. The rest is kept in sealed canning jars in a cool, dark pantry. If the pantry gets too warm, it all goes down to the basement. The last batch to be ground is not QUITE as terrific as the first cup from the new bag, but it is very, very close. So far, I’ve not found any need to refrigerate the whole beans, but if you did this you’d probably need to at least in the summer.
Never had any coffee from Trader Joe’s, but yes, the ground stuff at the local store is now completely undrinkable… I keep thinking about what one collects in the dust pan… So if you start getting whole bean coffee, I’m afraid there really is no going back. sigh
Two things about coffee and freezers…
1st issue with coffee in freezers… Odors.
The distinctive odor of “freezer burn” is a prime example of a freezer adding odor to a frozen food. As the Whirlpool site points out, “food in the refrigerator and freezer can lose its flavor and even take on the flavors of other food being stored, such as fish and onions. You may have to thoroughly clean both food compartments to eliminate unwanted odors. Be sure to wrap or store odor-causing foods in tightly sealed containers to control recurring odors.” The concern with coffee in the freezer is that coffee beans are highly porous and that the change in temperature may redistribute moisture from the inside of the bag into the beans themselves, adding unwanted odors.
2nd issue with coffee in freezers… Freezing and thawing coffee may damage the essential oils.
I have no scientific evidence for this claim, but I do know that freezing and thawing foods multiple times is almost never a good idea, as it can impact the flavor and aroma.
the alternative is the pre-ground stuff they sell at the IGA and that’s almost-but-not-quite not worth drinking at all
As an H2G2 fan, I almost expected you to write that “the alternative is the pre-ground stuff they sell at the IGA, which, when brewed, produces a liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike coffee.”
Had I been clever, I’d have thought of that. Had I thought of it, I’d have surely done it.
But I’m not. So I didn’t.