{"id":1700,"date":"2024-09-05T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moulin-astreia.com\/stockage-de-la-farine-astreia-farine-de-meules\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:59:42","slug":"storage-of-astreia-flour-grinding-flour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moulin-astreia.com\/en\/storage-of-astreia-flour-grinding-flour\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage of Astr\u00e9\u00efa flour, grinding flour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you own another type of mill, we prefer you to get more precise advice from your craftsman, who will be more familiar with his mill. If you’re thinking of buying an Astr\u00e9\u00efa stone flour mill<\/strong>, here’s our advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astr\u00e9\u00efa flour contains the germ of the wheat grain. This is often another reason why our flour differs from other traditional millstones. This germ is a \u2018fatty\u2019 element that could potentially cause your flour to go rancid if it is not stored in an optimal way. In any case, Astr\u00e9\u00efa flour has a shorter shelf life (around 6 months under normal storage conditions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideal storage for grinding flour and pests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It would be ideal to store the Astr\u00e9\u00efa flour produced by your stone mill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. in the dark<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. in a cool place (ideally below 13 degrees)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You can store your flour at room temperature, but you’ll run a greater risk of pest attacks (moths and weevils). These pests are not very prevalent in winter, but as soon as the weather is fine and the temperature of the premises rises during the day, they will find their way into the flour. Moths are generally the first to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If insects have less heat, they are less numerous and also less active. This also explains why wheat stocks are ventilated: to eliminate insects and anaesthetise undesirable ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Moths fear draughts (in bakehouses or storage rooms). A ventilated, airy room is the perfect place to store your flour<\/strong>. Moths follow suspended flour, deposit their larvae in the flour and the eggs (mealworms!) are then in your room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some of our customers use traps (some of which can be used organically), but aeration with draughts seems to us to be the most reliable and efficient technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It goes without saying that rodents are also pests that need to be taken into account right from the start of your project. There are a number of solutions, and poisoning is the one we use on our Astr\u00e9\u00efa farm. While mice can easily be caught in faggots, rats are organised differently and it is important to deposit the trapping boxes. We think it’s vital to plan ahead and leave these traps in specific places to prevent the risk. Daily cleaning is really necessary as soon as you add foodstuffs such as flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    50cm Astr\u00e9\u00efa mill with automatic bagging ramp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Bagging your grinding flour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    You can store the flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n