The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„At one time certainly when I wrote my first coffee book 25 years ago the distinction between commercial and specialty was clear. Commercial coffees came in branded cans at supermarkets and specialty coffees were whole beans sold in bulk at obscure stores in college towns with dark wood counters and burlap on the wall. Today, of course, that distinction is blurred. Many specialty roasters, large and small, sell their products through supermarkets, while large, multinational commercial roasters court specialty buyers with hybrid supermarket products of various kinds, from whole beans through fancy solubles.“

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Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Alpenrost Rotary Drum Home Coffee Roaster (#)

„The patented "Flow-Thru" ventilation keeps the machine cool to the touch throughout the roasting process, and it handles up to 15 different roast settings--just press a button and the machine roasts, cools, removes chaff, and expels the beans from the drum. Those green coffee beans stay fresh for two to three years, so buy in bulk now, and roast in mini batches all year long. All removable components are dishwasher-safe; and the machine comes with a one-year warranty. --Doree Armstrong“

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clamor (#)

„Through Cooperative Coffees, 15 North American roasters combine their resources to purchase beans from small farmers who combine their harvests to sell in bulk. Much of the business is taken care of personally at annual meetings between the co-ops. In this way, Cooperative Coffees and other fair trade organizations build long-term relationships with farmers that both parties can depend on.“

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Ten Steps To Coffee - National Coffee Association (#)

„The milled beans, now referred to as 'green coffee,' are ready to be loaded onto ships for transport to the importing country.  Green coffee is shipped in either jute or sisal bags which are loaded into shipping containers, or it is bulk shipped inside plastic-lined containers. Approximately seven million tons of green coffee is produced worldwide each year.“

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Global Exchange : Coffee here, hardship there (#)

„The work has always been backbreaking, and now it increasingly produces little pay. From Latin America to Africa, poor farmers like Gómez are suffering from the impact of a global glut of coffee beans that has driven bulk prices to their lowest levels in 100 years.“

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