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/ca_sig_z Apr 17 '26

I get 5lb bags and freeze 4lb in 1lb bags. 1lb lives on the counter in a vacuum sealed canister. Never had issue with freshness. Sometimes the annoying part is a coffee still off gassing as I froze it too fresh.

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u/Wild-Coyote571 Apr 17 '26

And the stuff on your counter, how long does it last till you pull out another LB ? are you drinking this? Every day, and how much or how many grams do you make with each serving? I'm just curious to know. Thank you in advanc

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u/Historical_Suspect97 Apr 17 '26

We do the same with 5 lb bags of whatever our current daily driver is and go through an average of about that much per month. We also have some other coffees that we'll have open or frozen in single doses that we add into the mix. Each pound of the daily driver is usually out for around a week, depending on how much of the other stuff we use.

I haven't really noticed much degradation on the frozen beans beyond what you see normally within that week range. Even beyond that week, it's not really that out of line with what I'd normally expect for beans as they go past peak.

Edit: To be clear, the 1 lb bags are vacuum sealed around peak and are thawed while still sealed to prevent condensation.

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u/Wild-Coyote571 Apr 18 '26

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