But What About Coffee?

[Bozz10mm]

I've got freeze dried food and a water purifier, a propane stove and sufficient fuel. What's the best way to store coffee for the long term?
On a daily basis, we use Folger's Columbian, but for SHTF, I'm thinking instant coffee would be a better route. Takes up less storage space, and possibly has a longer shelf life. Seems like the simplest way to go.

Need some good suggestions for long term coffee storage. Brands, style, etc. I have a vacuum sealer, but not sure that would increase shelf life of unopened coffee containers. Roasting or grinding whole beans is not something I want to mess with either.

 

[A.Texas.Yankee]

Tag! For camping, I vacuum seal fresh ground and it has tastes fresh ground everyday for up to a two week trip. Could be longer but haven't done anything longer than a two week back country on the Ap. Trail years ago.

 

[Rebel]

Tag! For camping, I vacuum seal fresh ground and it has tastes fresh ground everyday for up to a two week trip. Could be longer but haven't done anything longer than a two week back country on the Ap. Trail years ago.

Not a big coffee drinker, but definitely this.

 

[mroper]

They make freeze dried Coffee . I think Nescafe is freeze dried you can buy packs of it, I imagine that stuff would last a long time .
Also Folgers makes those coffee bags that are each individually sealed. You would not need a coffee maker then.

 

[IXLR8]

Honestly, if SHTF, coffee would be a low priority for me.

 

[Vaquero]

I'm mean without coffee.
Might be a priority for my acquaintances.

 

[jrbfishn]

Blasphemy!!!!!!
Coffee is number one store bought item I couldn't do without.

Unless you want a lot of dead people because I am not nice without it. I'm a jerk now, but a really nean one without it. Would be the first shelf I cleared.

 

[vmax]

I like my coffee like I do my women
Ground up and in the freezer


seriously, for me it would be SHTF if I couldn't have coffee.


good topic. let me look through my books and see if Rawles covers that issue. I called The Ready Store , where I get lots of my Mountain House and Saratoga Farms foods and they don't offer coffee and only suggested buying freeze dried from the store.

I have bought bulk Sams coffee and ground it and vacuum sealed it for up to a year, but that was stored the freezer.
Storing ground coffee or whole bean, even in mylar wouldn't taste too good especially in a non climate controlled store room after 6 months or so would be my guess. I think I will buy up a good supply of the freeze dried stuff , leave it in factory containers, and box it up.
Still yet, just remember unless you grown it yourself, it is a finite resource and just like gas for your generator, it will eventually run out in a long term scenario

 

[Sam Colt]

Buy bulk green beans and seal them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Coffee loses flavor quickly after it's roasted. It's not that hard to roast your own, all you really need is a cast iron skillet and fire. The big problem would be the smell of fresh roasting coffee bringing in the masses. :-)

I suspect a large stash of green beans would make for great trading as time went on. I have some special green beans that have been stored in a burlap bag in the back of the pantry for over 6 years. They have lost some of their flavor, but are still very good fresh from the roaster.

 

[TX69]

I'm mean without coffee.
Might be a priority for my acquaintances.

This is something we need to see on video

 

[baboon]

You can always do what they did during the civil war & drink Chicory.

 

[Coati]

Vacuum sealed coffee can last for quite some time. I had some Gevalia coffee that sat i the back of a closer for 15 years. I started to throw it out when I found it, but since the vacuum was intact I tried brewing some and it was fine.

 

[vmax]

Vacuum sealed coffee can last for quite some time. I had some Gevalia coffee that sat i the back of a closer for 15 years. I started to throw it out when I found it, but since the vacuum was intact I tried brewing some and it was fine.

I'll assume your closet is in your air conditioned
House

That makes a lot of difference

 

[jrbfishn]

You can always do what they did during the civil war & drink Chicory.

I like some chicory in my coffee, but it gets real strong by itself. Gives coffee a nice bite.

 

[baboon]

I like some chicory in my coffee, but it gets real strong by itself. Gives coffee a nice bite.

Sweetened condensed milk goes great with chicory or coffee with chicory.

 

[NeckBeard]

Coffee is an item I keep a lot of on hand... I have the good stuff and many of those large air tight sealed folgers and heb containers of coffee as back ups. We had a "crisis" a few weeks ago and had to open one of my emergency stock. 2 years old and tasted great.

 

[HKaltwasser]

I buy Duncan Doughnut 5lb bags at Sam's, and I think they come in a zip sealed mylar. Gots to have the coffee or there's gonna be a real SHTF.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I think I'm going with Folger's crystals. Seems like it is freeze dried. Should store well, especially if vacuumed sealed in the original container. Yep, gotta have coffee.

 

[jrbfishn]

Sweetened condensed milk goes great with chicory or coffee with chicory.

Black.

With more black.


Maybe,,,,,,add more black.



Period. With or without chicory.
Why ruin perfectly good coffee?

 

[A.Texas.Yankee]

Black.

With more black.


Maybe,,,,,,add more black.



Period. With or without chicory.
Why ruin perfectly good coffee?

Amen!