around here, THEY will kill you, for ANYTHING , THEY think THEY need
i try hard to stay away from THEY
but, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE
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…… Best barter coffee packaged for long term storage? (OP July 2022)
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i try hard to stay away from THEY
but, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE
It depends on whether you know how to roast them, have an alternative (non electric) way to roast and grind them, and how far under the radar you want to be when bartering. The smell of roasting beans travels a LONG way!
But it would be the cheapest and longest lasting way to store coffee.
I've been buying Organic whole beans from Aldi for at least 10 years. Hubby keeps up with the supply pretty well, but occasionally, a bag gets "lost". He says the stuff (freshly ground for 2 weeks worth at a time) is perfectly fine even 5 years old.
The budget doesn't allow us to store more than a year's worth or so at a time, but if it did, I'd pack the beans in heavy 6ml) mylar with O2 absorbers.
Oh, the 8 o'clock brand of whole beans (Walmart) is very acceptable (better than Aldis organic, according to hubby... im not a coffee drinker) and it used to be cheaper, as well), but the price went from $9 for 30 ounces to $14.58 for the same size. AND, it's in much thinner mylar bags, to the point you can smell the coffee, even before it's opened. I now put them in heavy freezer bags ( well, as heavy as any of them are these days... I'll skip that rant for now!), but if I was storing them for over a year, I'd have to put them in heavy mylar.
Summerthyme
SHTF, I'll be happy over the moon for Great Value instant. And a couple jars of that stuff might trade for a good horse by then.
Haha...yes, beans do last a looong time. I don't drink anything but a couple cups of non-descript instant (for effect) in the morning myself, and when my brother was here to stay for a few days this summer, I figured he'd bring his own usual fru-fru brand of coffee and french press with him when he came.
Well, he forgot. As it turned out, I had some fancy locally roasted brand of beans that had been around on the shelf in their grocery store dispenser bag for at least 4 years - not sealed. I'd frankly just forgotten to throw them out. So we decided to put Grandpa's old wall mounted hand coffee grinder to use. The family heirloom coffee grinder that usually decorates my kitchen worked like a champ, and the coffee was fine made in my usually dusty Mr. Coffee. Actually a LOT better than either of us expected, plus we got to use Grandpa's old relic.
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Haha...yes, beans do last a looong time. I don't drink anything but a couple cups of non-descript instant (for effect) in the morning myself, and when my brother was here to stay for a few days this summer, I figured he'd bring his own usual fru-fru brand of coffee and french press with him when he came.
Well, he forgot. As it turned out, I had some fancy locally roasted brand of beans that had been around on the shelf in their grocery store dispenser bag for at least 4 years - not sealed. I'd frankly just forgotten to throw them out. So we decided to put Grandpa's old wall mounted hand coffee grinder to use. The family heirloom coffee grinder that usually decorates my kitchen worked like a champ, and the coffee was fine made in my usually dusty Mr. Coffee. Actually a LOT better than either of us expected, plus we got to use Grandpa's old relic.
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