Coffee experts ground espresso coffee,best kept in fridge-or not???

[MilaMae]

I've been keeping mine in an old Illy tin in the fridge then when I was in the hairdressers I read in a local food mag an article by a local coffee 'expert' who said never keep it in the fridge.

I'm in Devon so not sure how up to steam with coffee storage our local coffee 'expert' is.

Which is correct?

TIA

I keep ground coffee in the freezer, personally - most coffee "experts" will say it needs to be ground to order anyway.

I read an 'expert' in a national paper at the weekend who said keep it in the fridge, in an airtight container.

we keep ours on the worktop

don't know why though

You should keep it in a airtight bag in the freezer.

I used to work in a speciality tea and coffee shop (made our own teabags, tea came in tea chests direct from the estates, coffee came as green beans in hessian sacks roasted daily on premises) for someone whose retirement activity it was after 40 years as a tea taster/buyer.

As soon as coffee is roasted, you start to get loss of volatile oils, and the oils start to oxidise - grinding gives more surface area for this to happen. By keeping it very cold, you reduce the oil loss, and by keeping the coffee in an airtight bag (as much air removed as possible each time) you also reduce the oxidisation rate