Green coffee beans are easy to store for years, but coffee has an extremely short shelf life once roasted. The oils start to turn rancid within days to a week. Coffee is also extremely beneficial from a health standpoint, but only if it is organic. The health benefits are negated by pesticide and herbicide residue, and unfortunately coffee is one of the most heavily sprayed products on the shelf. In California, we bought in bulk and roasted our own, once or twice a week, allowing us to have the freshest coffee and having absolute control over the roast. BIf you wish to try roasting, be advised that the roasting process releases copious quantities of very noxious smoke! It does not "smell like coffee"! We had an effective, industrial range hood in California, but I still preferred to roast outdoors on the patio/parilla. In spite of the additional effort required, we are sorely missing our "casero" roasted coffee. Buying in full sacks also has great economies of scale and it becomes difficult to actually run out of coffee. I must admit that roasting coffee early in the morning, because I forgot to do it the previous day, BEFORE drinking some coffee, is to me, an onerous and unpleasant task ;-)
Does anyone know of a good source of full sacks of organic, green coffee beans here in Uruguay?
Does anyone know of a good source of full sacks of organic, green coffee beans here in Uruguay?
