Thanks, Phil. To be clear: This "off gassing" continues for roasted beans even if sit on store shelf in air tight package and, after opening, are sealed up tight and left in freezer?
Noted reports from all about green beans and roasting. So, another question: How long can one store green beans before they lose flavor? And: how best to store green ones for longest life? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Researched home roasting with Whirlypop, which I own; problem: Smoke. Could do on grill outside. Smoke aside, doesn't look too hard to try. Aside: Recall the homespun coffee processing in the fields around our house. The owner of the immediately surrounding plantation, Mr. Patel, lived across the street (main thoroughfare into town some 7 miles south, narrow, winding 2-lane, 60-70 mph, which I cycled on), and his property contained large concrete tanks for fermenting (?) and hulling beans (his well provided our water tanks with water). Kikuyu women were the pickers using multi-bushel, hand-woven baskets with head straps to carry probably 60-80 lb of beans from fields to tank. I didn't see the next steps in the process. The "bibis" were big and husky and loud and boisterous and somewhat intimidating in large groups. You'd hear multitudes of invisible voices singing, chanting, cat-calling, and cackling across the acres. Beans were picked when reddish. As with So Cal orange fields, sq miles of coffee would blossom all together at certain times of year. I also recall the small primitive tractor that sprayed the acres with pyrethrum -- driver in open with no skin or lung protection; sprayer would come within a few feet of our back hedges. On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 12:25 PM phil k <philipw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick the problem is that once beans are roasted they start off gassing. > Carbon dioxide exits which is good, but oxygen is introduced. > > It's not "bad", but your beans will be stale. > > OTOH, green beans stay "good" for longer. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
