Coffee Storage Longterm

I thought that was what you meant. Ok, got it. But for those who don't have MRE's or have wives like mine, a coffee addict, it is good to have supplies. But my main idea is that it will be a barter item, probably a good one.

 

Seeing some much better prices for green coffee beans on ebay but I would have to pack them for storage myself. The roasting process seems pretty easy and straight forward too. Hmmm.....

 

oh i agree with you 100%...once i aquire a FOB(Forward Operations Base)or BOB(Bugout Operations Base...lol) ill begin to shuttle supplies but till then should the SHTF...ill have to live with what coffee i have in our 72hour packs.

 

Costco has a brand called "green coffee" unroasted Arabica coffee beans in #10 cans @ 3.75lbs per can. Found it today on Costco's website. I may pick some up. I do have a stash of Folgers freeze dried crystals, but we all know how that tastes. Just another option.

 

Heck yes. That's sounds like a great deal. Cheap and already packaged well.

Maybe get some of these to make coffee since electric coffee makers may not be useful.
Perfect Tea Ball at Teavana
| Teavana
or one of these.
Amazon.com: Francois et Mimi Single-Wall Stainless Steel French Coffee Press (12oz): Kitchen & Dining

And here is a roasting recipe.
How to Oven Roast Coffee Beans in a Cast-Iron Pot | eHow

Anyone have recommendations for a manual grinder that grinds a consistently course grind to use in a press or ball??

 

One more thing to store with it... Aluminum foil rolls. Trying to roast coffee beans in a kiva is going to be interesting, to say the least. (for those not familiar with a kiva... old domed adobe construction oven similar to an old pizza oven

 

I think this is a link to that Costco green coffee product. I has good reviews and is only about $4 a lb.
Rainforest Alliance Green Unroasted Arabica Coffee 6 x 3.75lb Cans

Sugar keeps well and so does honey for a coffee sweetener but what is the best creamer option for long term storage other than raising dairy cattle??

 

this is gonnasound bad but you could go to a head shop they have grinders that potheads use to grind up their w@@d....just a thought

 

Instant coffee. Lots and lots of Instant coffee. MMMMM.....

 

I currently have beans roasting in my kitchen. The smell is heavenly. I've been roasting for several years and highly recommend it.

I generally buy beans for around $4/lb. Not a plug, but for general info, I buy from Burman Coffee. No, you probably can't find any for $4/lb, but if you get on their email list, they send out coupon codes and notify when they have sales. I usually buy around 20 lbs when I can get beans for my $4/lb target. I have had my oldest beans for about 5 years and have noticed no degradation when I periodically roast them.

I use a hot air roaster, but have experimented with pan roasting. It's a little uneven and takes a while, but it's doable.

I have an electric burr grinder and a backup (ridiculously expensive) hand burr grinder.

Percolators work, but I find that I like my French press mugs made by Planetary Design. They are double-walled stainless and have two screens instead of the usual one. I have probably purchased seven or eight of them, but I only have four right now. And I only recall giving one away.

If you truly love coffee, you should try roasting your own. However, you will quickly become the biggest coffee snob you know. Some days, I actually envy my father-in-law, who thinks Folger's is as good as it gets.

 

Well, that's undoubtedly true. But you could use it as a diversion. Or a trap.

 

yuck

 

Not a coffee snob. Bad enough I'm a whiskey snob. Can't afford many other things to be snobby about. Oh, and cigar snob. Love my macanu

 

I still remember the field cooks filling an army sock full of coffee and boiling it in a big stainless steel pot. They dipped it out into your mess kit as you went thru the line. Didn't know about the sock till I pulled KP duty.