Coffee

Coffee is one of those products that one can safely describe as having a cult following. Rabid, impassioned coffee-drinkers will find no shortage of comrades on the internet, and thus, an inexhaustible supply of tips, advice, and anecdotal evidence on every aspect of it imaginable, including the ideal means and duration of storage. To give you the most reliable advice, we’ve consulted food scientists and university websites for most of the information provided in our Q/As.

Though different sites give somewhat different advice, everyone DOES seem to agree on is that air and moisture are not coffee's friends. Therefore, your coffee beans should be stored in an air-tight container, such as a vacuum-sealed ceramic canister. Don’t use a glass one; everyone also agrees that light and heat are not kind to coffee.