Make your coffee beans last longer

Posted by Kevin Quinlan 1 COMMENT

Coffee is a luxury that many of us require to get our day started. In order to save some money in your budget, you will want to maximize the lifespan of each bag of coffee that you purchase. Surprisingly, there are a few things you can easily do to get a few extra pots out of every bag.

In order to maximize the lifespan of each bag of coffee, you will want to start with a bag of whole beans. Buying coffee that is already ground is more expensive and it goes stale at a faster rate that whole beans.

If you typically grind your coffee beans for 2 minutes, grind them for an extra minute. This will create much finer coffee. The finer coffee beans are ground, the fewer whole beans you will use in each pot of coffee.

Have you ever considered running your coffee through the grinds a second time? Try using roughly half the amount of grinds you typically would in your filter. If you run your water through the grinds a second time it will become strong and effectively makeup for the reduction in grinds.

If you really want to get creative – try allowing your used coffee grounds to dry out. This works best if you’ve only used your grinds once. You can combine the dried coffee with new fresh coffee to brew a pot of coffee. This is a useful technique if you don’t have the time to run your water through the grinds twice!