Coffee in a Post-Collapse Society

. . . there is a method for long term storage, unless you plan on rotating your roasted/ground coffee on a regular basis-eventually the coffee you have stored will become undrinkable. Or unless you live in the very narrow band of coffee producing countries that are 20 degrees on each side of the equator and 3,000 feet above sea level- coffee in a post-collapse society will disappear quickly. The answer is to purchase green coffee beans. These are the natural unroasted beans. There are many sites available on the internet where you can purchase anywhere from one pound to fifty pound bags. One advantage is that you will save 50% on your coffee budget paying anywhere from $5-7 per pound by purchasing green coffee beans. The prices of coffee have been escalating just as other commodities and the anticipation of future inflation on coffee is expected to continue. If ordering by the internet and paying shipping costs are to be avoided then you could also check your local coffee roaster in the yellow pages and inquire, they may sell you coffee thus avoiding the shipping costs. Most however will make you pay a small fee above their costs to account for their lost profit, it never hurts to ask though.

Now that you have purchased a twenty five pound bag of beans it will arrive in a burlap bag, long term storage in a five gallon bucket and Mylar should follow your preferred method. You may want to store in multiple smaller Mylar bags for extended storage times. At this point the beans are not off gassing so vacuum sealing with oxygen absorbers is possible. Stored in this method your beans will stay fresh from 2-5 years until you decide to roast them. Some Columbian Estate coffees are actually aged prior to roasting and command premium prices.

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Good info but i'll just tough it out and go through the 2 or 3 day withdrawals, maybe switch to tobacco which can be grown anywhere practically.

Thanks for the heads up

just want to point out that you dont realy need 3000 feet elevation and within 20 deg (that may be optimal?)

Ive grown it at close to 30 deg south and sea level
its hard to get it started and takes about 7 years to even start producing from memory but its possible places like
SE texas or florida could have a coffee industry after collapse.

Great info! Thanks!

I guess I never realized how easy it was to do the roast yourself if needed.

For survival???

Coffee is a DRUG, not an essential food. Plus, it's very toxic.

If some collapse ever happens overnight (it most probably won't), that'll be the best detox regime for you and me!

Rather look out for wild tea, like wintergreen, which is very healthy.

you can buy raw caffeine from the decaffeination plants.

Farmers use it as an insecticide.

that is why coffee plants produce caffeine, it kills insects.

the reason caffeine makes you produce adrenaline is because of the chemical stress.

the insects go hyper-crazy for a few hours then die when the caffeine wears off

Why not store freeze dried coffee?

You still don't realize how HARD it is to get a good roast. If you're betting on this happening, start practicing now while info. is available and everything's easy and convenient.

It is quite tricky to roast coffee beans. I've tried it a bit in an old popcorn popper (Orville Redenbacher, the kind that makes enough heat) and you have to switch it on and off to maintain about the right temp. profile as you're doing it. Harder because I didn't have a bean thermometer.

Bingo Bat Man !

Why not store freeze dried coffee?

Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon) leaves contain very high caffeine content. The natives would drink high concentration tea in order to vomit in a cleansing ritual (which is where it gets its name). This is now a very common cultivated shrub and an evergreen. You can take the leaves of this plant as well as chicory root to make a coffee substitute. It will have a taste that resembles coffee, but more importantly it will have lots and lots of caffeine, plus it's extremely abundant in the southeast.

Bingo Bat Man !

. . . there is a method for long term storage, unless you plan on rotating your roasted/ground coffee on a regular basis-eventually the coffee you have stored will become undrinkable. Or unless you live in the very narrow band of coffee producing countries that are 20 degrees on each side of the equator and 3,000 feet above sea level- coffee in a post-collapse society will disappear quickly. The answer is to purchase green coffee beans. These are the natural unroasted beans. There are many sites available on the internet where you can purchase anywhere from one pound to fifty pound bags. One advantage is that you will save 50% on your coffee budget paying anywhere from $5-7 per pound by purchasing green coffee beans. The prices of coffee have been escalating just as other commodities and the anticipation of future inflation on coffee is expected to continue. If ordering by the internet and paying shipping costs are to be avoided then you could also check your local coffee roaster in the yellow pages and inquire, they may sell you coffee thus avoiding the shipping costs. Most however will make you pay a small fee above their costs to account for their lost profit, it never hurts to ask though.

Now that you have purchased a twenty five pound bag of beans it will arrive in a burlap bag, long term storage in a five gallon bucket and Mylar should follow your preferred method. You may want to store in multiple smaller Mylar bags for extended storage times. At this point the beans are not off gassing so vacuum sealing with oxygen absorbers is possible. Stored in this method your beans will stay fresh from 2-5 years until you decide to roast them. Some Columbian Estate coffees are actually aged prior to roasting and command premium prices.

Read more here:

[link to www.survivalblog.com]

This is a perfect solution. Coffee is good, but it became boring to me a while back. I live in Texas where Youpon grows liek a weed bush everywhere. I began drinking this months ago. Kinda minty, power like an energy drink.

1) Pick the leaves
2) Place on a cookie sheet to dry in sun or oven.
3) when golden brown, caffeine is active.
4) steep like tea.

Yea you can even use one of those small coffee mills and hand crank em

I would think coffee would be the least of your worries in a post-collapse society, sheeeesh.

Coffee, caffeine is actually an emergency medical supply.

Stimulant, headache remedy (ingredient in OTC painkillers), asthma (caffeine modestly improves airway function for up to four hours), gets rid of cellulite

Thanks for the info...never heard of this plant before.

Did a search found great Army Corps pdf. [link to el.erdc.usace.army.mil]

I'm going to try to grow this thing.

Didn't people use ground up acorns following the Civil War. Of course, I mean people in the South who were being starved.

I've always been told that anyway.


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