Madcowsaymoo
New member
Roasted coffee gets stored 6 ways to Sunday. There's a lot of talk about valves on bags for roasted coffee and am wondering about your experiences around them.
Context: I figure that a valve is great for longer-term storage, like maybe selling through grocery stores, or shipping the coffee at longer distances, but I'm not really seeing the benefit if your business' goal is to sell the freshest coffee. Especially if the consumer is going to be using that bag of coffee right away, the valve looses value as you're airing out your coffee each time you open it.
Furthermore, a lot of great, more sustainable coffee storage containers don't contain the 1 way valve, for the same reason as before with airing out the beans.
Last, the valved option seems to be more spendy. As an example, the difference between a 12-16 oz Matte Black Side Gusseted Bag from TricorBraun is $0.41 to $0.37, or 4 cents per bag. It doesn't break the bank, but does add up over time, especially if it's superfluous.
What thinkest thou, internet?
Context: I figure that a valve is great for longer-term storage, like maybe selling through grocery stores, or shipping the coffee at longer distances, but I'm not really seeing the benefit if your business' goal is to sell the freshest coffee. Especially if the consumer is going to be using that bag of coffee right away, the valve looses value as you're airing out your coffee each time you open it.
Furthermore, a lot of great, more sustainable coffee storage containers don't contain the 1 way valve, for the same reason as before with airing out the beans.
Last, the valved option seems to be more spendy. As an example, the difference between a 12-16 oz Matte Black Side Gusseted Bag from TricorBraun is $0.41 to $0.37, or 4 cents per bag. It doesn't break the bank, but does add up over time, especially if it's superfluous.
What thinkest thou, internet?
