). I am going to roast my own coffee! Bought some green decaffinated beans. I have an old popcorn popper type coffee roaster (bought many moons ago and never did it). Bought a really expensive coffee grinder. I have given up all kinds of sweetener, including no cal, in order to lose the weight I gained when my thyroid gave up the ghost, so really great coffee with cream (yes, Atkins-type diet) will be really wonderful. But I hate almost all coffees - and while reading about coffee on the geek sites, I am finding out why. I found some wonderful coffee in Peru, but haven't had anything like that since.So, when I return Sunday, I will see what I can do!
and then you cool them down, and let them de-gas (give off gas) for 24 hours or so (but decaf beans do not need to de-gas), and then they are good for up to seven days when stored properly - no humidity, no oxygen, and you should grind right before you make the coffee. So how many times can you go to the specialty coffee store to get coffee that has just been roasted the previous day? And drink it within the week? Most coffee has hung around for a while before you buy it so it is not optimal. When I lived in Seattle I used to drive past the Starbucks facility and it always smelled of burnt coffee. Hated that. 