Maybe I should have given some context. To use up some Cabela's/Bass Pro points, I bought a bag of Black Rifle Coffee to give to my brother as a gift. But it needs to go to Santiago, Chile. I didn't think about the cost being prohibitive, several times the cost of the bag. So I'll either wait until he possibly visits, or use it myself.

Unless he's coming within the next month or so, it probably wouldn't be worth keeping it for him.

It also very likely may have also been sitting on a Cabelas/Bass Pro shelf, or in their warehouse, for weeks already anyway. (That's one of the downsides to buying coffee from a store that doesn't sell a lot of coffee, so there isn't much stock rotation.)

Does it have a "Roasted On" date on the bag? BRCC used to put that towards the bottom of the bag, but the bags I've gotten recently no longer have that, which probably isn't a good sign... I fear they're getting pretty big, and branching out into big retail stores, so they can no longer get really fresh roasted coffee to everyone, and they don't want buyers to know.

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Does it have a "Roasted On" date on the bag?

I couldn't find anything like that. I would have noticed it when I was looking for a "sell by" date.

I think I'll just use it up. Part of the money is supposed to go to veterans' charities, so there's no down side.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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store it in one of those cannisters with an airtight inner lid that you push down against the beans as you use them up.

Geek here - do tell. I've never heard of this and can't seem to find one?

I use this one:



https://smile.amazon.com/gp/pr..._title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It has worked well for us for the past 8 years.

I buy a blend coffee from a local distributor who burns their own centrally in our state. We're buying local. We typically get a single 3lb bag, once a month. That covers our every morning 1-2 cups at the office. I have a specialty blend I use in the espresso machine. We probably fire that machine up 1 or 2 times a month, usually a lazy Sunday or Saturday morning.

I also order green beans (From mister green bean), and roast my own. Which I love to do. The green beans will last a long time. I have some that are about 18 months old, and when I fire up a batch they still taste awesome.

Lately...we've seen coffee more difficult to find. We started purchasing 4, 3lb bags of the mediocre, um I mean, medium blend from the local place. I store the unopened whole beans in our pantry (45 degrees year round), vacuum sealed. Once I open a bag, I fill the canister and our grinder's hopper, and then re-vacuum seal the bag. Usually that happens 3-4 times before it is empty and we move onto a new bag.

Green beans last a long time, unroasted. Especially when stored in a cool place. I've not noticed any difference in the mediocre blend which is stored vacuum sealed in a cool place for several months. If I want to love my coffee, I roast it myself. If I just want caffeine in an acceptable form with a dash of half & half, and a drop of caremel, then I use the local mediocre blend. When the world goes completely bonkers...I think my supply of green beans will dry up. I plan to have a years supply of the mediocre stuff, and perhaps I'll even re-package it for resale like brass.

I have never heard of keeping coffee in the refrigerator as being a no no. I’ve only bought whole beans for a number of years and always keep the beans in the fridge.

And I’ve been wondering for quite some time why all the coffee roasters only sell bags in 12 ounce bags or 5 pound bags. Why not one pound bags?

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And I’ve been wondering for quite some time why all the coffee roasters only sell bags in 12 ounce bags or 5 pound bags. Why not one pound bags?

While 12 oz is certainly the most common, some do 16 oz (1 pound) bags. I also see 32 oz (2 pound) bags occasionally.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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store it in one of those cannisters with an airtight inner lid that you push down against the beans as you use them up.

Geek here - do tell. I've never heard of this and can't seem to find one?

We use one of these Airscape coffee container and buy coffee beans roasted locally.