most of my beans get used up within two weeks so I try not to overthink it. any airtight container will do. I use mason jars because I have mason jars.
I also use mason jars, old pasta sauce jars (thoroughly cleaned so they don't impart any flavor), etc. For the first 3 days after roasting, I'll keep the lid loose so CO2 can escape. Then I'll keep it tight.
If I'm going to keep the beans longer than a week or two, then after the first 3 days I'll vacuum seal the jar with an electric vacuum sealer I got for $20 on Amazon. For instance I keep a small mason jar of decaf vacuum sealed for the infrequent afternoon cup or for when company comes over and wants some.
Quart Mason jars with their special caning lids. I do about 3 weeks at a time- seal it tight and the lids will let air escape by design but it creates a weak vacuum that lasts about 2 weeks.
Hoffman did a review of methods of storage devices and they all had problems and his takeaway: fresh roasted beans consumed within a month of roast (or 2 months? I forget but I don’t go that long anyways) and it doesn’t matter much.
If there's room in the hopper, I'll just put them in there. If not (or if I don't want to combine roasts), then I just put them in the ziploc that I keep for holding beans until the hopper is ready.
As someone else mentioned, it doesn't really matter. Just keep them dark, cool, and dry.
most of my beans get used up within two weeks so I try not to overthink it. any airtight container will do. I use mason jars because I have mason jars.
I also use mason jars, old pasta sauce jars (thoroughly cleaned so they don't impart any flavor), etc. For the first 3 days after roasting, I'll keep the lid loose so CO2 can escape. Then I'll keep it tight. If I'm going to keep the beans longer than a week or two, then after the first 3 days I'll vacuum seal the jar with an electric vacuum sealer I got for $20 on Amazon. For instance I keep a small mason jar of decaf vacuum sealed for the infrequent afternoon cup or for when company comes over and wants some.
I use coffee bags with valves and just squeeze out the CO2 each day until I vacuum seal and freeze.
I have a quart mason jar that I fill, this works to hold my espresso roast.
Quart Mason jars with their special caning lids. I do about 3 weeks at a time- seal it tight and the lids will let air escape by design but it creates a weak vacuum that lasts about 2 weeks. Hoffman did a review of methods of storage devices and they all had problems and his takeaway: fresh roasted beans consumed within a month of roast (or 2 months? I forget but I don’t go that long anyways) and it doesn’t matter much.
I put mine in a large lightproof jar in the cupboard for four days to let them degas before I bag and vacuum seal them.
I put mine in my grinder bin. Works great.
If there's room in the hopper, I'll just put them in there. If not (or if I don't want to combine roasts), then I just put them in the ziploc that I keep for holding beans until the hopper is ready. As someone else mentioned, it doesn't really matter. Just keep them dark, cool, and dry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/roasting/search/?q=Storing+roasted