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Storage of Coffee or Rubs

Mickey
Mickey Posts: 19,780
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Alwaysgolf gave me 100% Kona Whole Bean Coffee.
Will do part of into coffee rub: QUESTION - Is it better to keep as whole bean coffee in storage (what is best, freeze?)? Or make all in rub and freeze the rub?
Ideas please....
The rub is from Mollyshark, Mainegg, RichardFl, and Hungryman. I use on turkey, chicken and beef....
Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given another Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • Chubby
    Chubby Posts: 2,955
    Keep as whole bean...and vac seal if you can.

    Did u see my note below?

    B)
    I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,780
    Yes and I called. You did not answer your cell. Will try the house....
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given another Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    i freeze, even the coffee beans
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Gator Bait
    Gator Bait Posts: 5,244
     
    I like to use my FoodSaver and then freeze.
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    These 2 cup bags of rub are about as hard as bricks of vacuum packed coffee. I don't know if whole bean or not is much of a concern storing this way. I would think either way should be fine unless your storing for a very long time.


     
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    Ground and foodsaver is great for the freezer.
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  • Doug in Eggmonton
    Doug in Eggmonton Posts: 1,999
    If your gonna freeze coffee, please vac seal it. Nothing will stale coffee faster than thawing coffee, as it takes on water and oxygen as it thaws.

    Doug
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    frozen beans go right into the grinder and into the coffee machine. i freeze the opened ground cans too and use it straight from the freezer, seems better than that opened can sitting on the counter for weeks at camp ;) theres no reason to thaw it out on the counter
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Doug in Eggmonton
    Doug in Eggmonton Posts: 1,999
    Here's why even that isn't a great idea.

    Doug
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    i dont think it will ruin my Chock Full o'Nuts :laugh: i never thaw it out and if you ever have the opportunity to taste it after it sat on the cupboard for three plus months i think you may agree :whistle: the article says to freeze it if it will be sitting out for more than two weeks. what i dont understand is why one would thaw it out. if it picks up the flavor of the mcgillicuddy's im all for it. all i have in there is booze and ice :laugh: and some sealed rubs and herbs
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • tach18k
    tach18k Posts: 1,607
    First off, if the coffee is just for rubs, it makes no difference, 99.9% of people would not know the difference between fresh roasted and ground coffee and sanka. (starbucks is not fresh roaset coffee) that being said, ground cofee losses if flavor by volumes when ground, so the best time to drink coffee is right after the beans have been ground, and better yet between 4-14 days after roasting, after that it taste like cardboard. Well to me it does and I roast every week and I dont let the beans go beyond 12 days of age. Like I said, yes, you can freeze the beans, ground is I think better then tossing frozen beans in a grinder, mostly if your using one of those wirly blade things, burr grinder is the prefered choice for a grinder.
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  • Doug in Eggmonton
    Doug in Eggmonton Posts: 1,999
    To quote the other thread: Word

    To carry on this though, I think that coffee used for rubs is there to a a bitter hint, which is what happens to coffee as it ages, so no harm no foul. That's what opened my eyes to home roasted coffee, if you get to it in the first two weeks it is so smoooooooooooth, no bitterness to be seen. And the green beans last vacuum packed for years without an appreciable drop in character.

    Doug
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