For my first real article on the new blog, I wanted to answer the two questions we get asked most often: What is the best way to conserve my coffee and how long can I keep it? Buy only freshly roasted coffees. At Northern-Coffee.ca , we roast your coffee when you order, so you are sure to get the freshest coffee possible. The coffee you buy in the stores might have been roasted months before. Keep it in an air tight bag or container at room temperature. Our bags have a "Ziploc" type seal as well as a "freshness" air valve to get the air out. Coffee can be kept twice as long as whole beans compared to ground coffee. This means ...