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Old 10-07-2009, 12:49 PM   #1
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Default Storage Tins

I just ordered a couple of storage tins from Sweet Maria's. What is the proper use of these babies. Do you put the coffee in before or after it is cooled-if after, how long after. If I use these tins how long before I grind and brew for the best cup?
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Store the beans when they're cooled, object being to reduce the contact with air, light, odors and moisture. Those cans will do that.

Best to grind right before brewing.
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I use them and my system is to keep my green beans in paper bags or burlap bags until roasted.

Once roasted, they move to the SM storage tins with a note on it saying the bean, roast date, and roast notes.

I was told to make sure you don't expose the bottom to water as it will mess up something or other in the valve that releases the gas.

If you do mess them up, they are cheap enough to replace.

They are nice and plain, and I let my 4 year old daughter color mine with rainbows, frogs, and angry pit bulls.
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Hey...lets have a Post your Tins Photo contest!!

So let them cool then tin...I always grind seconds before brewing. 24 hrs in the tin good enough to wait befor brewing?
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So let them cool then tin...I always grind seconds before brewing. 24 hrs in the tin good enough to wait befor brewing?
24-seconds in a pinch; 24-48 hours, ja, shure.
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I figure the beans are cool enough once the cooling cycle is finished. I just dump em straight from the drum into the SM tin can. (Barbaric, I know, but there are only so many hours in the day.) The valve has a paper bit that is susceptible to H2O damage, so you're supposed to wipe it out with a dry paper towel and not wash it.
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