Airscape Canister Review: Will it stand up to our tests?

Created by planetary Designs, the Airscape Canister aims to provide the BEST protection for your coffee beans from the outside world. DOES it really do what it says it does? We put it under the spotlight to find out!

Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Planetary Designs
01:13 - Outside The Airscape
03:27 - Inside The Airscape
04:45 - Testing Time
06:56 - Making A Pourover
09:27 - Tasting Time
10:52 - Thoughts
11:42 - Outro

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[garymon]

Nice video. I would recommend a future video where you take 3 bags of beans from the same lot. Leave one sealed, break the seal on the second bag, then reseal, and pour the third bag’s beans into the canister. Let them all sit in the same location, temp, light, etc for a period of time. When ready to test get a fourth bag from a fresh lot. Brew all 4 a sample. How do the three long term storage methods compare to each other? And then how does the fresh lot compare to the best of the long term storages solutions? If you wanted to include the effect of storing in the freezer then I would duplicate each storage solutions such three on the counter and three in the freezer. Then compare all 6 plus the fresh bag. Cheers.

[michaelpennington]

Great video! Can the container be put in the freezer to help keep the beans even fresher?

[driftrs]

If you're leaving the bag in the canister, doesn't that mean the canister can't force the air out of the bag, and it also can't compress the space around the bag meaning there's also alot of air in the canister? Seems to eliminate the point of using the canister if you're not actually using it to remove air... May as well just put the bag in an appropriately sized jar and close the lid?

[klarinetta]

So it's better to store it in the bags inside the canister rather than pouring out of the bag. Makes total sense to me. But I'm doubtful that this makes a huge difference for someone who goes through a bag within 2-3 weeks from roast.

I'm trying the Fellow Atmos. 1 bag is light roasted 14.3.22 and the other one is almost medium roasted 17.3.22. The one roasted 14.3 was opened 25th and poured in the Atmos and the 17.3 was opened 27th and locked with a bag clipper and kept inside a metal container which leaks air etc. Both kept in a cupboard at room temp away from other food, light, air, heat and moisture.

Both held up well 7 days after the bag was opened. I wanted to stretch it a bit just to know what this device does. So I went away for the last weekend and came back to the light roasted 14.3 coffee. At 20 days from roast it does not have as much aroma coming from the whole beans as the 17.3 .did at 20 days from roast. It has though all the flavors but perhaps more balanced and sweeter with less acidity.

So I'm guessing that you are maybe just better off buying say 4x250g bags and open a new one every week and store the coffee inside the bag the whole time rather than pour it into another container. And maybe you are pouring out some aroma by from the bag when you pour the coffee into another container.

[jowit]

Great review Ryd! I can see the benefits of the air-tight container over just storing the bags in our wine fridge 😜 and the AirScape looks super stylish too! 10/10 🤩

[catchall]

FYI, I just bought one. The material is now galvanized steel with a powder coating for this version. I believe that if the interior coating is compromised, revealing the galvanized steel, that would make it less than safe for storing food. Also, the outer lid is so difficult to remove that I had to grasp it between my legs while seated and use a large scrap of foam rubber shelf lining to grip it and rotate and lift it out. I figured it would be easier to remove afterward, but it was just as difficult the second and third times. I returned it!

[catchall]

HHS says acidic foods (coffee ph 5) should not be stored or come in contact with galvanized steel. I assume that Planetary switched from stainless to galvanized on the large canister as a cost reduction. It's not worth it to me.

[godblessthelessfortunate]

I got the kilo size in white and it's made of painted galvanized steel, not stainless.

[raunefare]

I don’t really get this. Why would you buy a bag and keep it in the bag inside of a canister I really doubt that this would make any difference. The bag is already a sealed container. The whole point is to keep the coffee from oxidation when you have opened the bag. And the this is only displacing the air in the canister not a vacuum so I really don’t see the point since the bag would keep you from displacing as much air as possible. Might as well keep it in a normal airtight container. Or even better just freeze it and it will stay fresh for much longer

[saleen]

So this test is under the assumption people won't be opening the canister every day? Kinda defeats the purpose. Everytime you open and reseal anything air goes in.

[returnearthvideochannel]

This is a nonsense gadget! When you put your beans in the canister and attach the lid, there is (guess what) .... AIR trapped inside! Any air-tight Tritan food safe container will be just as good. Move on, absolutely nothing to see - or hear - here, as they say in the movies.

Thank you for the great video! I have heard that coffee beans are best 3-10 days after roasting. Supposedly, these additional resting days are necessary to allow carbon dioxide to off gas from the coffee to a satisfactory level. My question is this - Does the airscape prevent this off gassing process from happening? If so, should I leave my beans in an air permeable bag or container for the first 3-10 days then transition the beans into the airscape? Thank you in advance!