coffee

I buy my coffee beans in paper bags. I store them in paper bags, or in jars. In the cabinet. I'm not afraid they'll get old. They won't. They'll keep forever. All these people with their silly ideas. Dried foods are the elixir of life. They keep forever on their own. Just put them in a nice container, in a nice cabinet. They retain their full natural quality and intense nutritiousness until the day you use them.

My source is not entirely plastic free. The roasters put them in plastic bins, which is kind of dumb, but, whatever. I think they shipped in burlap sacks, on wood pallets, with no plastic involved, which is cool. It's a really direct, basic source. We think we're cut off from that kind of thing, but we aren't. And now, there's no nasty plastic pack reserved just for me, just a beautiful paper sack that later goes on the compost (or maybe I reuse it first, several times, before that). Yes, it's a little delicate. And these are organic, fair trade beans. I have to go to a fancy store or a specialty roaster to get them, but, again, what the heck. And regular groceries have bulk beans, or beans in a can. I mean, there are minimum plastic options.

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