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<![CDATA[Nimbus Coffee Roasters - Blog]]>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:12:30 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[keeping it fresh and Tasty]]>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:59:21 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/keeping-it-fresh-and-tasty

To enjoy the best possible cup of coffee, make sure your coffee is always fresh. Coffee beans begin to lose their freshness soon after they are roasted. As coffee loses freshness, its natural flavors and aromas are diminished. So, all things being equal, the sooner the beans are used, the better the coffee.

Properly stored, coffee beans will stay good for about a month after roasting. Ground coffee will last for one to two weeks after roasting. That means ground coffee will be more susceptible to the four enemies of fresh coffee: air, moisture, heat, and light.

How do you give yourself the best chance for a great, fresh cup of coffee?

Buy freshly roasted coffee or coffee that has been packaged for optimal freshness after roasting. Valve-sealed bags typically preserve freshness better than other types of packaging. Coffee beans release carbon dioxide for up to a week after roasting. Newly roasted coffee beans can be packaged in valve-sealed bags without aging, immediately after roasting. The one-way valve allows carbon dioxide to escape but does not let oxygen in.

Always buy coffee in an amount that you expect you’ll drink within its “freshness window.” If you’re buying whole bean coffee, buy only the amount you expect to use within a month. Then grind only as many beans as you need, just before your brew your coffee. If you’re buying ground coffee, purchase enough for a week or two at most.

How to store coffee to keep it fresh? The key is to keep the coffee — whether whole beans or ground — away from the four agents of deterioration: excessive air, moisture, heat, and light.

Keep the air out. Once you’ve opened a package of coffee, don’t leave it in the package. Instead, store it in an air-tight container. Minimize air space in the container as much as possible. Ordinary kitchen canisters can do an acceptable job if they can be tightly closed and there is little air space along with the coffee. But for better results, use a specially designed air-tight coffee storage container, air-tight seals to keep air out, along with one-way valves to let carbon dioxide escape.

Avoid moisture. Coffee should be stored in a dry location. Excessive moisture will accelerate the deterioration process. Coffee that has been exposed to too much moisture may develop a sour or “off” taste and aroma. For this reason, it’s not a good idea to store coffee in the freezer or refrigerator. Condensation may develop when the door is opened and closed. You may not encounter a moisture problem if you store small quantities of coffee in the freezer in air-tight containers. But freezer storage doesn’t extend the shelf life. And once you remove coffee from the freezer, don’t put it back. A freezing-thawing cycle is guaranteed to introduce moisture.

Keep your coffee away from heat until you brew it. Although you don’t want to store your coffee in the freezer or refrigerator, you do want to keep it cool. Too much heat will also accelerate the breakdown of the coffee’s flavor. If you store coffee in a kitchen cabinet or on the kitchen countertop, be sure it’s not near the stove or the oven. Likewise, avoid sunny locations such as shelves near a window. The time to add the heat is when you brew the coffee — not before!

]]><![CDATA[can coffee be too fresh?]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:53:32 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/can-coffee-be-too-fresh

One of the things we emphasize is the importance of fresh roasted coffee, but is there such a thing as too fresh? You may have noticed that some of your favorite local coffee roasters including us have a 3-4 day gap between the roast date and delivery date. This is done on purpose to give the coffee a chance to “off-gas” or release carbon dioxide. Those beans have gone through a traumatic process while being roasted and need to a few days to recover before being brewed. For the best cup of coffee give those beans a chance to “set up”, but don’t wait too long as the freshness clock is ticking.

]]><![CDATA[Ecuador microlot]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:09:52 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/ecuador-microlot

We are super excited about the arrival of an Ecuador Microlot coffee from the Perla Chiquita farm. Ecuador has made some significant strides in the last 10-year and is producing some high quality coffees. This high altitude coffee is grown at over 8,000 feet and the coffee cherries are picked ripe and dry fermented for 12–14 hours before being washed four or five times. They're then given a pre-dry on cement patios before being moved to raised beds. Drying can take between 10–14 days, depending on the climate conditions. In the cup it's clean and sweet with notes of caramel and plum.

]]><![CDATA[New COffee at Simply Bulk Market]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 18:12:20 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/new-coffee-at-simply-bulk-market

Super excited to announce that in addition to our Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Decaf Peru, Simply Bulk Market is now offering our Ethiopian and Microlot El Salvador. Head on to downtown Longmont (418 Main Street) and pick yourself up some.

Pro Tip: At Simply Bulk Market you get more coffee for your money. Pay for the product, not the package!

]]><![CDATA[Coffee is not a transaction]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:56:10 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/coffee-is-not-a-transaction

We don’t roast a fraction of what the big guys do, but what we do roast is done with a whole lot of passion. Fresh roasted coffee that is locally roasted in Longmont with a little science, art, and love. And sometimes a tad of luck. We’re not coffee snobs. We just love great coffee. How about you?

]]><![CDATA[Where is your coffee roasted?]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 16:22:11 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/where-is-your-coffee-roasted

Do you know where your coffee is roasted? In a faraway place where all they care about is the bottom line? Did they hit their quarterly numbers? Are their investors happy? Can they squeeze another dollar out of the farmer or other hard-working folks along the supply chain? Or do you support someone local who cares about where their coffee comes from, who produces it, how it is produced, and making sure treating people well along the supply chain is a top priority? Are they roasting for the love of craft? Or just to fill an order? Whether it is us or someone else doesn’t really matter. Just support a local roaster who cares more about the bean than the bottom line.

]]><![CDATA[Why nimbus]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:00:00 GMThttp://nimbusroasters.com/blog/the-diedrich-has-arrived

We get asked a lot about where our name came from. Those big fluffy Nimbus clouds? Nope. Harry Potter’s flying Nimbus 2000? Nope. In reality it comes from community. Over the course of the last 20 years we’ve spent endless hours with our friends on bikes traversing the dirt roads in Boulder County and beyond. Nimbus is a road. A dirt road. A dirt road with shared experiences. And our hope is to share those experiences with you. Great Coffee. Great Friends. Great Bikes. Dirt Roads.

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