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Originally Posted by Kavy
So freezing does work?
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As noted, you'll find debates of pages and pages in online coffee forums about it, but consensus seems to be yes. There probably is some loss of flavor/oxidation, but I do it with my fresh beans for espresso with pretty good results, as do many coffee "purists" online.
Freeze beans if you can't use them within a couple weeks of roasting, and then thaw out what you'll use that day. If you're brewing a pot a day with either of those machines, you'll use a 1/2lbs or 1lbs bag up easily while its still good. If you're brewing one a week, then ya, freeze. Again, fresh, unfrozen is best, but not always feasible, but is always superior to supermarket stale coffee.
You'll need a burr grinder for the beans too. Its a slippery slope as you can spend anywhere from $40 up to $500, but using those bladed ones is like buying a Bugatti and then putting square wheels on it.
Brewing a "quality" cup of coffee boils down to 3 things (pun intended): Good beans, even grind, and 200 degree water brew. You can use extremely rustic lo-tech things to get them, or you can get $3000 gear to do it.
The coffee machine, even a badass Technivorm, only covers 1 of the 3.