7 MIN READ · JUNE 2026
How to store coffee beans without killing the freshness
Coffee bean storage explained on the freshness curve: oxygen, the degassing paradox, whole bean vs ground, freezing done right, and what containers actually buy you.
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Coffee, observed.
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6 MIN READ · JUNE 2026
Best airtight coffee bean storage containers
Airscape, Fellow Atmos, Ankomn Turn-n-Seal, OXO POP, and Coffee Gator compared for coffee bean storage: who each is for and how many days they buy on the curve.
10 MIN READ · JUNE 2026
Café Touba — Senegal's Coffee of Resistance
Café Touba is Senegal's daily coffee — dark, peppery, sweet, and traceable to Sheikh Amadou Bamba and the Mouride brotherhood's anti-colonial movement.
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