When you buy our freshly hand roasted coffee beans, you should try and drink the coffee within the first 3-4 weeks from the roast date, which is stamped on every bag of our coffee beans.
Also, once our bag is opened, you should try and store in an airtight container in order to maintain the freshness during the 3-4 weeks consumption period.
Things we don't recommend for your coffee beans are:
- Freezer storage - the cellular damage to the coffee bean from freezing outweighs any benefit.
- Fridge storage - Doesn't have any effect on the freshness of coffee.
- Vacuum pack storage - the de-gassing process will destroy the vacuum (plus I'm not sure why you'd bother - but some of our customers have tried this).
The rule of thumb is to buy your coffee beans freshly and often. At CoffeeBeanShop over 65% of our customers are repeat buyers, and always enjoy their coffee with the 'just roasted' flavour.