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„Once the farmers have chosen their beans, they send their samples to the competition headquarters well ahead of the formal competition cupping. Once the deadline has passed, a pre-screening jury selects the coffee samples that are good enough to move to the next round. Screening the samples through visual and cupping criteria is a big job, especially since the competition is free and open to any farmer who can meet the requirements. Receiving 400 samples for a competition is not uncommon.“
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„Finally, we arrive at the only flat-out loser in the cupping. Eight O'Clock Bean Coffee suggests specialty with its whole beans and valve pack, but the generic nature of the blend, the package presentation, and, above all, the wretched quality, all say commercial. In fact, this coffee is sub-commercial, since the well-trained professionals at the large commercial roasters would never foist off a coffee as wildly fermented as this one on their customers. There was even a small stone in the bag I bought, a treacherous oversight that could wreck someone's burr grinder.“
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„The Coffee Hunter searches out the finest estates from all continents. We aim to supply any coffee you want and we keep a wide variety of green beans in stock for immediate supply.“
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„Procter & Gamble recently offered a new premium brand called Millstone, which is certified under the industry's Fair Trade protocol, meaning farmers get a minimum $1.26 a pound for their beans, more than double the current average price of 52 cents a pound for green coffee.“
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„Our host was Milton Verdade Costa. Ipanema have an exclusive contract to supply Starbucks their Bourbon beans; and perhaps 20% of Ipanema's total production is sold to Starbucks. The impressive farm includes a magnificent guest house by a lake where we had lunch. Besides the exclusive Ipanema Bourbon, this company offers five other branded products, Ipanema Ouro Preto (washed), Ipanema Conquista (natural), Ipanema Gourmet (semi-washed), Ipanema Dulce (fine cup) & Ipanema Espresso.“
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