Traveling with good coffee (or bringing good coffee home from a trip) takes some forethought. Here's how. Bringing Coffee With You Traveling to a place where the coffee is not dependable?
Feel free to pack your own. Here's what you need: Whole beans travel better than ground. Ground goes stale more quickly and is more likely to pick up smells.
If you want fresh ground on the road, bring a little hand grinder. Use a gas & valve bag. Coffee emits CO 2 since it degasses so a bag with a vent valve is bestit the gas can escape but no air can get in.
Fresh-roasted coffee should not be stored in a completely airtight container. Pack it in your carry-on.
Coffee can be in checked or carry-on bags, but it is better to keep it in the carry-on because checked bags sometimes experience more extreme cold/heat and pressure.
Home Bringing Coffee Customs Regulations differ in each country. There are no restrictions on bringing coffee across the border within the EU.
Personal quantities may be allowed for coffee brought into the UK or US from outside, but it should be declared if asked on the customs declaration.
Green beans will probably be scrutinised more. Vacuum sealed bags are your friend. There are numerous specialty roasters that offer coffee that is vacuum sealed and sealed tight.
They don't take up much room and traveling with vacuum packed is a breeze. Counseling on the Road AeroPress Light and robust, produces great coffee. The travel case fits into a carry-on and is not too bulky.
Phin filter - nearly weightless, good for making Vietnamese-style coffee using only hot water.
Hand grinder a good quality hand grinder (Timemore, Comandante or similar) rolls up in a bag and Really improves the cup quality.
Whenever before you hit the road, make sure to stock up at Global Coffee Haven.