Watched my friend grind a whole bag of beans at once and store it in the fridge

He bought a two pound bag of Ethiopian beans last weekend and ran it all through his grinder on Tuesday. He keeps the ground coffee in a big jar in his fridge, saying it keeps it fresh. I tried to tell him that grinding right before you brew is the whole point, but he just shrugged. The coffee he made tasted flat and bitter, which makes sense because ground coffee goes stale so fast. How do you even start to explain why this is such a big deal to someone who doesn't get it?

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faithb7818d ago

What do you even say to that? It's like watching someone use a nice steak for a hockey puck. All those oils and smells that make good coffee are just gone in hours after grinding. Keeping it in the fridge probably makes it taste like last week's leftovers too.

paulperry18d ago

My buddy pre-grinds a week's worth and keeps it in a mason jar. Tbh his coffee tastes fine to me, maybe a little weaker. I tried it side by side with fresh ground and honestly could barely tell. People act like it turns to dust but it's still just coffee.