My question is about storing coffee prior to use.
I purchase in bulk when it's on sale and freeze it in the original packaging.
I have been putting the - ground or bean depending on what I purchased - coffee into a plastic container and keeping it in the fridge for daily use.
Now I've been doing this for many many years with no problems whatsoever.
However .. I think I need to change that. For some reason over the last couple of months my coffee (same brand as always) has begun to smell just awful while brewing. Kind of smells like burning oil.
It's not the coffee maker - I went out and bought another thinking mine was giving up the ghost.
It's not the water - I've purchased bottled water and tried that.
So my question is simple ... and it's all about how you store your grounds/beans prior to use.
Do you use plastic, original packaging, pottery? I definitely detect difference in refrigerated vs room temp so have no interest in changing that.
I purchase in bulk when it's on sale and freeze it in the original packaging.
I have been putting the - ground or bean depending on what I purchased - coffee into a plastic container and keeping it in the fridge for daily use.
Now I've been doing this for many many years with no problems whatsoever.
However .. I think I need to change that. For some reason over the last couple of months my coffee (same brand as always) has begun to smell just awful while brewing. Kind of smells like burning oil.
It's not the coffee maker - I went out and bought another thinking mine was giving up the ghost.
It's not the water - I've purchased bottled water and tried that.
So my question is simple ... and it's all about how you store your grounds/beans prior to use.
Do you use plastic, original packaging, pottery? I definitely detect difference in refrigerated vs room temp so have no interest in changing that.
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