Ground Coffee http://buyorganiccoffee.org/982/ground-coffee/ Many coffee drinkers purchase regular ground coffee because it is cheaper and quicker to prepare than organic whole bean coffee. Our belief is that buying ground coffee is a mistake! There are ways to store coffee and preserve freshness if you use ground coffee but you still lose flavor, health benefits and aroma compared to storing whole beans, especially if you roast your own. Ways to Store Ground Coffee • Keep stored ground coffee away from heat. This typically means not using the cupboards directly above your stove or refrigerator. Store ground coffee away from heat and sunlight. • Ground coffee is typically packed without air in a sealed bag. After you open the bag store the ground coffee in an airtight container. • Buy ground coffee in small quantities. Then prepare and drink ground coffee as soon as possible because exposure to air uses up the antioxidants that provide much of the aroma and flavor of coffee as well as the many good health effects of drinking coffee. • The problem with ground coffee is that it starts to lose its freshness as soon as it is exposed to the air. Roasted beans typically hold one to freshness for six months if properly stored and green coffee beans are good for two years. Whole Bean Instead of Ground Coffee You can get the same amount of flavor and more health benefits from freshly ground coffee beans. It takes must a minute to grind your roasted coffee. And you can easily use less coffee and get the same or better flavor than you would if you use old stale ground coffee. The health benefits of coffee derive from the antioxidants and these antioxidants stay fresh and active longer when the coffee bean is intact. Green Coffee Beans The best way to ship and store coffee is as green coffee beans. When correctly dried, stored and shipped, green coffee beans remain fresh and retain their antioxidant levels for up to two years. This beats the heck out of watching your ground coffee lose its freshness as soon as you open the bag! Wholesale coffee is sold as green coffee beans.

1. Ground
Coffee

2. Many coffee drinkers purchase regular
ground coffee because it is cheaper and
quicker to prepare than organic whole bean
coffee.

3. Our belief is that buying ground coffee is a
mistake!

4. There are ways to store coffee and preserve
freshness if you use ground coffee but you
still lose flavor, health benefits and aroma
compared to storing whole beans, especially
if you roast your own.

5. GROUND
COFFEE

6. Ways to Store
Ground Coffee

7. Keep stored ground coffee away from heat.
This typically means not using the
cupboards directly above your stove or
refrigerator. Store ground coffee away from
heat and sunlight.

8. Ground coffee is typically packed without air
in a sealed bag. After you open the bag
store the ground coffee in an airtight
container.

9. Buy ground coffee in small quantities. Then
prepare and drink ground coffee as soon as
possible because exposure to air uses up
the antioxidants that provide much of the
aroma and flavor of coffee as well as the
many good health effects of drinking coffee.

10. The problem with ground coffee is that it
starts to lose its freshness as soon as it is
exposed to the air. Roasted beans typically
hold one to freshness for six months if
properly stored and green coffee beans are
good for two years.

11. Whole Bean Coffee

12. Whole Bean Instead
of Ground Coffee

13. You can get the same amount of flavor and
more health benefits from freshly ground
coffee beans.

14. It takes must a minute to grind your roasted
coffee. And you can easily use less coffee
and get the same or better flavor than you
would if you use old stale ground coffee.

15. The health benefits of coffee derive from the
antioxidants and these antioxidants stay
fresh and active longer when the coffee
bean is intact.

16. Green Coffee Beans

17. The best way to ship and store coffee is as
green coffee beans

18. When correctly dried, stored and shipped,
green coffee beans remain fresh and retain
their antioxidant levels for up to two years.

19. This beats the heck out of watching your
ground coffee lose its freshness as soon as
you open the bag!

20. Wholesale coffee is sold as green coffee
beans. When coffee is picked, the fruit, or
cherry, is red. The oldest means of
processing coffee, called dry processing,
involves cleaning the cherry and then sun
drying.

21. Sun drying reduces moisture content and
increases the shelf life of green coffee
beans.

22. Uniform drying occurs as workers rake the
drying cherries. During wet weather cherries
are dried in large chambers with dry forced
air. The air drying takes about four weeks.

23. The bulk of the beneficial health aspects of
coffee are from antioxidants in green coffee
beans and created by the heat of roasting.

24. Once coffee is roasted the shelf life for
flavor, aroma, and antioxidants is reduced
from two years to six months, if roasted
coffee is properly stored.

25. Once roasted coffee beans are ground, the
flavor, aroma, and antioxidant shelf life is
reduced to days and even hours.

26. Our strong suggestion is to buy your healthy
organic coffee in whole beans and grind
your own.

27. If you like to roast your own coffee, buy
organic green coffee beans!