Vacu Vin Coffee Saver Starter Set
by Vacu Vin Inc.
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Vacu Vin Inc.Brand: Vacu Vin
Model: 2083450
Product features:
- Holds over a pound of coffee
- Smoked exterior protects the coffee from the harmful effects of light
- Suitable for saving foods such as cookies, cereals, chips, and nuts
- Larger pump pulls air out faster
- Dishwasher safe
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Vacu Vin Coffee Saver Starter Set
Customer Review: If you like simple machines
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like simple machines, this is a cool device. The intent of the Vacu Vin coffee saver is to preserve the freshness of food items by storing them in a vacuum. Remove the oxygen, and the normal breakdown of organic material slows down. This has worked well for me, both with whole coffee beans and fresh ground coffee. I would say the Vacu Vin lengthens the life of ground coffee considerably. Certainly better than storing in the freezer, and way better than leaving on the shelf at room temperature. Seems to extend the useful life of whole coffee beans too.
The Vacu Vin container consists of a clear plastic bowl, and a lid with a hefty rubber seal and a vacuum valve in the center. A vacuum is created by placing the pump on the seal and pumping the handle up and down vigorously. How much you have to pump depends on how much stuff you have stored in the container (more air requires more pumping). I have found when the container is half full of coffee beans, I have to pump the thing at least 20 times before I think a good vacuum has been formed. Once sealed, my container has held a vacuum for two or three days without leaking - I have not tried longer than that.
There are a couple of limitations or design improvements the Vacu Vin could stand. First, placing the pump in the rubber vacuum valve is inexact at best. There is no real positive feedback that you have engaged the pump properly, and you have to apply a fair amount of downward force with the steadying hand to keep the pump sealed to the valve. Secondly, you don't really know when you should quit pumping. I mean, you can't ever really remove 100% of the air from a container, but it would be nice if there were some kind of indicator that showed roughly how much vacuum existed. Lastly, this is not a device to buy if you have arthritic shoulders or wrists. Evacuating a container with a piston this size requires an upward pull that will eventually reach 5 or 10 pounds. And as I mentioned above, it takes me 20-ish pumps before I think full vacuum is reached, so it is kind of a work out.
I really like this container, despite its quirks. The main thing is that the Vacu Vin does not have the deafening growl of our electric vacuum sealer, nor the tubes and wires. And vacuum storage raises some puzzling new conundrums. For example: coffee beans stored in a vacuum seem to seep out their oils more rapidly than at normal atmospheric pressure. Is this a bad thing? Or does it matter?
Description of Vacu Vin Coffee Saver Starter Set
Once exposed to air, ground coffee quickly looses its flavor and aroma. The vacuum pump extracts the air from the Vacuum Coffee Saver container so that the flavor and aroma of the coffee will be kept fresh.Kitchen & Housewares
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