Careful, now. Every step down the path to coffee bliss leads not only to a hightened sense of giddiness, but an increasingly ethereal sense of one’s wallet.

And dude! You know the old vivid studios? You are oldschool.

Yes I go through my coffee quickly, but there is something I like about the softness of the flavour that coffee takes on when it’s been sitting at room temp for a while (sealed of course).

If the container the coffee was stored in was sealed less than perfectly – I agree… off aromas and flavors are easily discerned.

I rarely store coffee in the freezer myself … between roasting my own at home, and having a few thousand pounds of just-roasted stuff across the street at work I have a ready supply of fresh beans. When I *do* freeze coffee I add an extra layer of protection to that heat-sealed high-tech packaging: a simple zippy bag.

As for Vivid – I was a fan… I had more than a few conversations with Nathan and Drue and others in the Good Years. ;) I happened to stumble upon http://www.vividstudios.org the other day – I’m immensely glad somebody put together that particular little time capsule.

-deCadmus