Should You Seal the Valve? Whole Beans vs Ground Coffee If you’ve been reading coffee forums long enough, you’ve probably seen this debate: should you tape over the one-way valve on your coffee bag? Some people swear by it. Others think it’s unnecessary. A few have tried it and noticed their bag started looking oddly bloated. […]
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What Happens to Your Coffee Bag on a Plane? You’ve just landed in Kyoto, or Chiang Mai, or a small town in Ethiopia. You found an incredible local roaster. You bought two bags. You’re bringing them home. You check them into your luggage, board the flight, and somewhere over the South China Sea — something
That Little Circle on Your Coffee Bag Is Not a Sniff Hole You’ve seen it. That small, round bump — sometimes with a tiny slit in it — sitting on the front or back of almost every bag of specialty coffee. You may have even pressed it, sniffed it, or quietly assumed it was some
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