Green bean storage

[Rykinner]

How long are green beans able to be stored for before going bad?(moisture,mold,etc) I live in the dessert so moisture shouldn't be an issue.  Stored in doors with ac set at 75, in a cool dark room.  Sound like any issues? 

I'm started to acquire more and more as time goes and was wondering if the 50+lbs I have, have as shelf life.

Thanks

[PabloElFlamenco]

Hi Rykinner, my reply doesn't bear any guarantee, for it is strictly based upon hearsay (from other coffee forums) and my own experience.
From coffee forums and blogs, I understand they keep at least one year.
This is also my personal experience. 
I keep my green beans in one kilo batches, in jute bags, shut close with a piece of hemp string.  The bags are stored on the other side of the wine-cellar wall, in a dark cupboard.  I don't stack the bags one upon another, keep them pretty much separate.
The cellar is far from perfect, in winter it will be a cool 5-10 degrees (Centigrade), reaching upto 22 in summer.  And it's far from perfectly dry; not "wet", of course, but the air humidity must be mostly 80% relative...your desert environment must be better than that!
Under those conditions, I've had some batches stored for quite over one year.
Not that this is a goal onto itself:  green coffee does NOT improve with age.
Good luck!
Paul

[hankua]

Obviously fresh greens are the best; but acquiring a large stash is pretty easy to do. My solution is to vacuum seal the greens and store in a temperature stable environment. They keep for years this way.....