If you enjoy an espresso drink at home and took the plunge and purchased a pricey quality espresso machine such as the Gaggia Platinum Vision so you can have a latte or cappuccino anytime you would like the next challenge is how to keep your fresh beans fresh.

The whole purpose for having a quality machine at home is freshness. You pull each espresso shot on demand with just the right amount of ground beans hoping for an excellent beverage.

Beans will retain there flavor for many years if they are green but when they have been roasted they start to lose their flavor. Once the coffee is ground it will begin losing flavor in an hour and worse yet after it is brewed it loses flavor within minutes.

You might be wondering at this point how to make sure the beans stay fresh? Well right or wrong here is what I do. First I only fill the bean hopper of my platinum vision espresso machine with enough beans to last me a couple of days at a time. The extra beans I put into an airtight container and pop them into the freezer. A lot of critics don't promote this way of storage but I have had no problems with it. Only keep a resonable quantity of beans in there at any given time. The freezer will work better than the refrigerator because the refrigerator is too moist and there are too many odors that will taint the beans.

When I have a need to thaw the frozen beans I take a little quantity of beans lets say 5 days worth and place them into a container and put them in a cool dry place.

I use this storage method because I spent a bit of cash on my Gaggia Platinum Vision espresso machine and want to brew the freshest tasting espresso drinks possible.