Much of the complex coffee flavour come from the oils in the beans and these are adversely affected by freezing. I no longer freeze or even refrigerate coffee.
I've found that the best thing to do is buy whole roasted beans weekly and grind just what I need in a burr grinder right before use. I have all sorts of coffee contraptions but my daily go-to is the french press. BTW, Frank: IKEA sells a press for $9.99. http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60241389/ I go through these pretty much yearly as bits break. I have all kinds of spare parts so I can swap bits in as they wear out and bust. My current press is made up from pieces of 3 or 4 older ones. :-) On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 8:42 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I used to store coffee beans in the freezer. I was then told by one who > purports to be an expert that freezing the roasted beans is bad and that they > should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. > > I have been doing so ever since. > > I can't say I noticed any difference in taste... > > In my experience the best regular (that is to say non-espresso) coffee is > made in a French press. My beautiful SO broke mine some time ago and I dug > out my little 2 cup plastic Melitta cone filter coffee maker. Surely the > simplest coffeemaker in the world (no moving parts!) it makes surprisingly > good coffee. > > My current favourite bean is a medium roast French Moka that a local health > food store sells in bulk: Light, nutty, complex and flavourful. > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > Sent: April 21, 2013 4/21/13 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: OT - Coffee terminology in the USA > > From: Bipin Gupta >> " I don't want coffee flavored drinks. The only thing I add to my >> coffee is coffee" - by John Sessoms. >> >> Yep, that makes the best coffee in the world - but I hope it isn't >> Instant Coffee - yuk! Here is how I make my coffee in Bangalore:- >> I go to the Coffee Stores and ask him for Peaburry Mix - don't like >> arabic. He roasts the coffee beans, adds some Chicory, and then grinds >> it. What a heavenly aroma when he is roasting and grinding. >> I have an old style copper coffee percolator. Makes the perfect coffee >> brew. Either I take it straight or add hot milk to it and some sugar. >> It makes my morning happy and pleasant - a good start for some photography. >> Kind Regards. >> Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. >> >> PS: While in Europe don't drink coffee. Luke warm water is better. > > When I visited Scotland in 2004, all of the Bed & Breakfast Inns I > stayed at had standard Bunn-O-Matic commercial drip coffee makers. I've > since been told that type of coffee is called "filter coffee" in Europe > & the UK. > > Same thing with the hotels I stayed in when I visited China in 2010. > Plus, every place I went had a McDonalds somewhere that made coffee just > like the old style McDonalds coffee from here in the USA (not the new > style McDonalds crap where they're trying to be Starbucks-lite) > > Here at home I have a 35 year old (or older?) 4-cup Mr. Coffee coffee > maker. I get a "Jamaican Blue Mountain" whole bean from Costco & grind > enough beans at one time to feed the Mr. Coffee for a week. Once it's > opened, I seal the rest of the bag from Costco up & put it inside a > double-zipper Zip-lock freezer bag that stays in the freezer until I > need to grind more beans. > > I use regular city water to make coffee at home. About once a week I get > a biscuit & coffee from Biscuitville, and most Wednesdays, I go to a > brunch with my photography group at IHOP. > > I eat at McDonalds about once a month & whenever I do, I get coffee > instead of a soft drink. When traveling (driving) I frequently will get > coffee from McDonalds drive-thru. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
