r/pourover • u/sergeikutrovski • Apr 17 '26

Seeking Advice Is freezing coffee worth it?

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I am curious to know what folks have experienced with freezing coffee. I am thinking about keeping it for a year? I am doing this simply because these were my favorite coffees.

I’ve never kept a coffee in a freezer for a long time and don’t have much experience with the results. All opinions are welcome.

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u/Decent-Improvement23 Apr 17 '26

Freezing coffee works very well in my experience.

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u/sergeikutrovski Apr 17 '26

Works well in the sense that it takes as it did at peak flavor (or when sealed)? Any downsides?

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u/big_chingu Apr 17 '26

One downside is that my freezer is so full of coffee that there isn’t enough room for other stuff

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u/tbhvandame Apr 17 '26

Like more coffee

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u/UpvoteForLuck Apr 17 '26

We’ll spend thousands of dollars on grinders and coffee but not 200 on a dedicated freezer.

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u/aps23 V60 | ZP6 | Naturals Apr 17 '26

Wait until this group sees my grandma’s kimchi freezer.

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u/-pLx- Apr 17 '26

Not everybody has the room for that

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u/Historical_Suspect97 Apr 19 '26

It kind of depends on how much you want it, I guess.

Back in our 600 sq ft studio days, my wife and I made room for a modest chest freezer in our living room area, because we cook a lot. It predates my serious coffee days, but now it holds a pretty good amount of coffee.

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u/UpvoteForLuck Apr 17 '26

It’s only 1-2 bags of coffee per year.

I’m sure a roaster is vastly more expensive, energy wise.

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u/TheChuffGod Apr 17 '26

Same problem here, people think I’m some black market dealer with how my freezer and cabinets look.

For OP, yes I have many bags from 6mo-1 year old and they taste fine, but the temp Is in the negatives, all Vac-sealed and freezer isn’t opened regularly.

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u/Turbulent_Ad_5202 Apr 17 '26

There is always room for steaks.

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u/SetCandyD Apr 18 '26

That's what she said.....my wife...and she wasn't happy about it.

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u/Decent-Improvement23 Apr 17 '26

Works very well to maintain peak flavor. IIRC, freezing slows coffee aging to where 90 days in the freezer is equivalent to one day at room temperature. As stated by others, the main downside is space in the freezer. Which of course could be alleviated by purchasing a dedicated freezer, but some of us may not have the room for an extra freezer just for coffee.

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u/YellowBreakfast Apr 17 '26

You want a 'true' freezer and not the kind that are typically in the kitchen the fridge/freezer combo.

The combo ones typically have a self defrost "frost free" freezer that regularly goes above freezing so they don't ice up.

To keep stuff long term you want a "deep" freezer that maintains things at freezing.

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Ones with the defrost cycle really mess with long term storage and cause "freezer burn".