5 tips for storing Méo coffee beans and preserving their freshness

When we open at coffee packagesomething is happening. THE aromas escape, this odor intoxicating, a sensationwe can guess the work of roasters. A light breath is enough to understand: at this precise moment the coffee is at its peak. And it’s up to you to preserve its aroma, its freshness… Why yes, hold the coffeeyou can learn, there are particularly bad habits or gestures to avoid. With a few simple tips and advice from Cafés Méo, enjoy a coffee that keeps all its promises.

Choose freshly roasted beans: the basis of authentic coffee

THE freshness Coffee beans are the key to great coffee. Once toasting is complete, the countdown begins. THE aromatic oils which give the coffee its body, its sweetness and its floral notes evaporate slowly, naturally, after a few days.

In Méo, the roasting it is an art marked by time. The cereals are packaged packages which preserve their aromas, without betraying them quality initial.

How to understand if a coffee is freshly roasted?

Take the reflex to check roasting date on the packaging. Reveals the true degree of freshness coffee. Too often we rely on the expiration date.

And if you’re hesitant, opt for whole bean coffee. Grains retain oils and nutrients better aromasprotected in their natural casing. A arabica freshly roasted, it is a lively, fine and balanced coffee, which retains its qualities for much longer.

2. Keep your coffee at the ideal temperature

The ideal temperature is room temperaturebut in all cases between 10 and 20°C.

A stable temperature helps preserve the structure wheat and all its aromatic richness.

A Heat excessive abyss grains, alters and accelerates the loss of taste.

If you place the can near the oven, radiator or a sunny window, the coffee will be affected Kitchen slowness that tires him.

Good conservation practices

Choose one sign in closed environments, away from heat sources and humid environments. In the Kitchenafter steaming or washing dishes, humidity it is formidable. It permeates the beans, makes them swell and alters the aromas.

3. Store coffee beans in airtight, opaque containers

Ground coffee, whole beans, organic or specialty, as soon as the package East openthe aromas fade. The air oxide coffee, light heated and the heat gradually alters the oils essential.

The golden rule: a container hermeticyour best protection against humidity and oxidation. Store the box in a dry place, protected from light.
Close it carefully after each use to limit exposure to air.

Containers to favor and avoid

• Airtight boxes preserve freshness and avoid the transfer of odors.
• Stainless steel or ceramic jars they are designed and protect your beans from light.
• Double walled boxes they can be a good investment: they isolate the coffee from temperature changes.

• Plastic or glass transparent, however, lets the rays pass through and weaken coffee conservation.
• Avoid also to let open bag on the work surface, even for a few hours.

Vary the containers depending on the season

Summerheat and humidity accelerate the degradation of coffee. If your kitchen becomes a 28°C greenhouse, move the box to a cooler placeor even in a room without direct light.

Winterwhere the danger comes from heating. The air becomes dry and the oils in the coffee evaporate more quickly.

4. Forget the refrigerator!

It’s a bad habit that we often hear: put the coffee in the fridge“so that it maintains its freshness”. Bad idea!

The air in the refrigerator is humid. Very humid. This condensation penetrates the coffee bean and makes it porous. The aromatic oils are gradually diluted, leaving a flat taste.

Coffee beans absorb odors of foods in the fridge, a coffee that no longer smells like coffee is not the best way to start the day well.

The best hiding place for your coffee is the one you usually forget about.

• Some cuisines have a cellar,
• A Wardrobe fresh, without humidity,
• AND furniture closed, sheltered from the sun.

5. Grind at the right time (and on demand)

The secret of bartendersthis is the freshness of the grind. Ground coffee loses up to 60% of its aromas in fifteen minutes. The reason? Grinding increases the surface area exposed to air and therefore to oxidation.

Grind on demandis to maintain the energy of the bean intact until extraction. The scent, the texture, it’s all there. A real live coffee, as if the roasting it had just happened.

Adjust the grind according to your coffee desires

Grinding your own coffee isn’t complicated with the right ones practices and the result is unparalleled. According to yours method preparation, adjust the size of grind : Okay for one expressed intense, average for the coffee maker filteredFurthermore rude for the French coffee maker. Take the time to experiment, taste, adapt.

Keep yours Méo coffee beans away from light, in an airtight container, at room temperature, without ever placing them near the refrigerator. These gestures simple, inspired by roasters’ know-howmake a difference.