We recommend storing coffee in an airtight container at room temperature. It is important to keep coffee away from excess air, moisture, heat, and light–in that order. If you’ve purchased a large quantity of coffee that you will not use immediately; small portions wrapped in airtight bags can be stored for up to a month in the freezer. However, once you’ve removed them from the freezer do not refreeze. Instead, move them to an air-tight container and store in a cool, dry place.  Check out our fantastic branded freshness container! 

The yield of each of our coffee packages will depend on the brewing method and the amount of coffee used.

For example, using a drip coffee brewer that produces 1.3L of brewed coffee, we recommend using 75 grams of coffee per batch. That will yield a 42oz brew or about 5-8oz servings.

If we use 8oz servings as the measurement with our brewing example, a 12oz bag will yield 25 servings, a 20oz bag will yield 41 servings, and a 5lb bag will yield 165 servings.

For most folks, a digital scale is the best thing you can own in your home to improve your coffee game.

Because many of us brew coffee at home while we’re still waking up or wrestling our kiddos for time at the toaster, we tend to be inconsistent with coffee brew ratios. Coffees vary in density and the instructions for brewing coffee often say to measure by the scoop per cup, but no two people can agree on what a “scoop” is or what a “cup” is. But fear not! You can lean on grams per liter as a universally consistent way of measuring how much coffee and water you’re using.

If you already have a scale, a good grinder is easily the next best thing you can spend your cash on. $20 blade grinders from the big box stores will smash your coffee into smaller particles, but it’ll be horribly inconsistent. A good burr grinder might give you a bit of sticker shock, but a high-quality grinder will last you a lifetime and provide consistently delicious coffee every time, easily a worthwhile investment.

We don’t really believe in one “best” way to brew coffee. One of the best things about coffee is that there are so many effective brewing methods that can highlight the same coffee in myriad ways. Just make sure you’re using a good coffee to water ratio (we recommend 1 part coffee to 16 parts water).

What really matters is making sure your brewing gear is high quality and that you take good care of it. In general, if you’re looking at an auto-drip coffee maker, you want something that will heat water to 200º Fahrenheit and brew a full pot of coffee in 5-8 minutes. If you’re looking at manual brewers like a pour-over or a French press, the important thing is something that you feel comfortable using and cleaning.  A great brewer does you no good if it’s too fiddly for you to want to use it!

All of the coffee brewing gear that we sell on our website has been vetted by our expert staff members to make sure it will provide a joyful coffee experience. The products we’ve chosen are high-quality and are manufactured by reputable coffee companies to last you a long time.

If you’re interested in learning how to clean your coffee gear, you’ve come to the right place! Our ambassador and coffee expert, Jackson O’Brien, shares tips and tricks for keeping your brewing equipment at its best.

As a coffee roaster that aims for sustainability from the moment coffee seeds enter the ground until the coffee grounds enter your brewer, we are always looking for the best way to make delicious coffee that honors people and the planet. We’ve been researching and staying abreast of the most recent technology for compostable packaging for years. Unfortunately, we are still unable to find a product that meets our needs for freshness, is durable enough for transport by bike, and, most importantly, is truly compostable. The packages that are currently on the market are only compostable in places where residents have access to commercial composting because they need high heat to break down, something that is not possible in backyard compost bins. While we’re lucky to have municipal access to this service in Minneapolis, there are less than 200 available facilities in the US. The current compostable bags also still generate waste from the tin ties, air valves, and stickers that are applied to the bag. We will continue to work with other like-minded roasters in our importer cooperative, Cooperative Coffees, to push the industry to make a 100% compostable packaging a reality, and also encourage more municipalities to build commercial compost facilities. We just completed a redesign of our packaging and the new bags create 10% less waste by using less material and reducing applied label stickers from 3 to 1. We are also using digitally-printed bags for our highest volume coffees, which eliminates stickers altogether in up to 75% of our volume. For now, we recommend customers purchase at stores that have bulk bins and bring their own bag or jar, or consider buying a 5-pound bag online. We promise to continue to try and find something that will balance freshness and environmental sustainability because there is nothing more enjoyable than sipping a great cup of coffee in nature.

For the sake of the freshness of our coffee and safe shipping, we use a plastic/foil composite for our bags. Some pick-up services like Ridwell, accept these multi-layer plastics, but they are limited to only a few cities in the US.  As other options arise we will keep updating this section.