Why You Should Freeze Your Decaf Coffee Beans

2024-06-01

The freshness challenge with decaf Decaffeinated coffee presents a unique storage challenge. The decaffeination process — whether Sugarcane EA, Swiss Water®, or CO₂ — opens the bean's cellular structure more than regular processing does. The result is that decaf stales noticeably faster once the bag is opened, sometimes within a week or two at room temperature. The good news: freezing solves this almost completely. Why freezing works Coffee goes stale primarily through oxidation and off-gassing