Café Forum | India Coffee Companies (#)

„- Nandipura Post, Mudigere Tq, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, 577132 INDIA - Tel: 91-8263-20244 - Fax: 91-8263-68989 - Email: nandipura@hotmail.com - Url: www.nandipuracoffee.com Cochin Fatham Exports Exporters of Arabica and Robusta green coffee beans to Europe. Can supply about 10 containers per month - Thoppumpady, Cochin, Kerala, 682002 INDIA - Tel: 91 484 235253 - Fax: 91 484 233423 - Email: beverlay@vsnl.com Haryana Angus International World renowned roasted coffees packaged in one-way-valve bags. Featuring 100% Kona Coffee and 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain direct from the estate. Our unique arrangements include shipping direct from estate to you anywhere in Asia - K-13/30, Dlf Qutab Enclave-2, Gurgaon, Haryana-122002 INDIA - Tel: +91-98100-55848 - Fax: +91-124-351 945 - Email: angusint@rocketmail.com Maharashtra Xpanse International Exporters of Indian Coffee from our own coffee plantations in South India.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Néstor Osorio, was invited to participate at the inauguration of the coffee meeting held by the Brazilian coffee roasters' association, ABIC, in the State of Bahia, Brazil this month. At this meeting, the ABIC presented a progress report on its quality programme, and revealed that domestic consumption of coffee in Brazil in 2003/04 had risen to 14.3 million bags. In his address, the Executive Director highlighted the success of Brazil in promoting domestic consumption and noted that the ICO had taken this experience as a basis for promotion in other producing countries. In this context, the ICO has sponsored a manual prepared by a Brazilian consultancy which gives detailed practical information on how to encourage consumption in producing countries.“

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Transfair USA | Press Releases (#)

„"Fair Trade is needed because with little or no income, farmers can be forced to sell their next crop in advance to local middlemen, who often pay far below the harvest's value," added Rice. "Currently, world coffee prices are in a prolonged slump." Starbucks Fair Trade certified coffee will be sold in 16-ounce FlavorLock™ bags for $11.45 in retail stores in the United States and on Starbucks.com. The coffee, part of the Lively ImpressionsŠ family, is a balanced light-to-medium blend of Latin American coffees with complementary acidity and body. It is the second offering of Starbucks "Commitment to Origins" coffees, which includes shade grown, organic and/or Fair Trade selections.“

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CoffeeGeek - The Line on Ethical Coffee (#)

„ With the economic and social chaos that had devastated Haiti over a long period of time, the infrastructure of the local coffee industry was in dis-array,  leaving little demand for the rough uncleaned coffee from the mountain.  These people had bags of dried coffee cherries on hand that there was not much of a market for.   Paul thought that if he brought coffee to Canada he could sell the beans to support a few families who produce coffee and help fund the orphanage.  I agreed that the one sample of coffee was excellent and that we would  use their coffee if it was of the same quality as that one clean sample.“

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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„By sorting through hundreds of entries from hopeful farms, a jury of international cuppers selects the top coffees to be sold in an Internet-based auction. The coffees are auctioned off in small lots of 10 to 100 bags to bidders around the world. Prices fetched are well above the world market price, and in many cases, the auction introduces "undiscovered" farms to a wide range of buyers. "The Cup of Excellence has given Nicaraguan producers the ability to see if improvements in quality, though such efforts as cupping labs, are making a difference," says Spindler.“

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Sustainable Coffee (#)

„Eager to capitalize on this growing trend are the coffee growers of Nicaragua, ideally situated in the prime coffee growing region of Central America. Although Nicaragua produced over a million bags of coffee per year during the 70s, that output had fallen to somewhere around half a million by 1990. The disruption in between was the Sandinista revolution, which caused many growers to abandon their farms outright and flee the country. The Sandinistas nationalized a great number of coffee farms, and proceeded to plant beans and corn instead.“

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

„One, the Eight O'Clock Bean Coffee Dark Roast, was strikingly inexpensive at 23 cents an ounce but as decent a version of the extreme dark-roast profile as many specialty French roasts that sell for twice as much. The same low-grade, musty coffees may inhabit this bag as fill the red bags of the medium-roast "original" Eight O'Clock Bean Coffee reviewed earlier, but aggressive dark-roasting does wonders for low-grade Indonesia coffees, as many a specialty roaster knows. At 32 cents per ounce, the Trader Joe's French Roast was more expensive than the Eight O'Clock Bean Dark Roast but even more intense in its bittersweet expression.“

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BBC News | Hurricane Mitch | Coffee crops hit by hurricane (#)

„Losses of the coffee crop have been heaviest in Nicaragua, where officials estimate that 20-30% of coffee production has been lost. But up to 25% of the crop in Guatemala, the biggest producer, is at risk, while hundreds of thousands of bags of coffee have been destroyed in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. Coffee prices may rise because of the hurricaneEstimates of the damage have been hampered by the destruction of transport links, which has meant it has been impossible to reach the plantations to make an assessment. The road damage has also put the remainder of the crop at risk.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/01 - Life in a Vacuum (#)

„Sam Schank, quality control director of Hawaii Coffee Company based in Honolulu, has worked with several different versions of valve bag packaging over the years, and puts the equipment in realistic perspective. “A lot of companies are just sealing coffee in the bags. If you nitrogen flush only, there are mixed results after three of four months, whether due to valve failure, microscopic leaks in the bags, etc. But it is still the best way to package coffee, and it has widespread consumer acceptance - people are used to the valve bag and flexible packaging film.“

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Coffee Storage (#)

„Storage in pergamino until right before the shipping time will help preserve the coffee. Green coffee is stored in burlap bags to allow air flow and preserves the coffee longer versus plastic or paper bags. Burlap bags should be aired on the patios before storing coffee to prevent a baggy flavor or burlap scent from being imparted to the coffee.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„3.   This situation is caused by the current imbalance between supply and demand for coffee. Total production in coffee year 2001/02 (October-September) is estimated at around 113 million bags (60-kg bags) while world consumption is just over 106 million bags. On top of that, world stocks amount to some 40 million bags. Coffee production has been rising at an average annual rate of 3.6%, but demand has been increasing by only 1.5%.“

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Global Exchange : Coffee producers agree to withold 4 million sacks (#)

„The measure, adopted at a conference of the organization in London on Friday, will withhold four million, 60-kilogram (132- pound) bags of low-grade coffee from the market for 12 months starting October 1, the association said in a statement. Coffee prices have fallen to their lowest levels in a decade as supply outpaced demand, reducing income for millions of farmers around the world. The 65-member nation organization said excess supply and an increase in low quality coffee threatened to cut into sales and add to pressure on prices.“

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BBC - Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time - Factsheets - 23 March 2003 (#)

„Then one day I had a brainwave and stapled them together to make a space blanket, which is quilted because each one's a little bag, and I throw it over my cold frame as an insulator. I was really chuffed with that and it used up about two years' supply of coffee bags. The bicycle too is a wonderful thing. If you've got an old dead bicycle you can't get rid of, or inner tubes you need to replace, cut the old inner tube in half, stick a hook on either end and you've got a marvellous, temporary, super-size elastic band for holding back shrubs, brambles and so on.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„Because illy is a single blend composed of beans from 7 to 9 growing regions, some organics may be present in the blend if they meet our rigid quality standards. Organic coffee has a very low yield per hectare—about 6 to 8 bags per hectare. This low yield is not compensated for by a proportionally higher price, so the farmer makes less, not more. Furthermore, and quite importantly, the cultivation of so-called organic coffee depletes the soil of its nutrients without sufficiently replacing them.“

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Cowboy Coffee, Backpacker Style (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„I do a lot of backpacking. I used to use those coffee bags and then discovered cowboy coffee out of necessity when I couldn't find the bags in the podunk town General Store near the trailhead. When you figure out how to make cowboy coffee it usually tastes better than the bags. Additionally, I feel OK dumping coffee grounds though always pack the bags out with me.“

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

„There is an inherent leveling effect in such an arrangement. One farmer's wet processing and microclimate may be exceptional and another's may be mediocre, but both end up mixed in the same vast sea of coffee bags in which the only discriminations are the broad ones imposed by grading criteria. The regional origins famous in the earlier part of the 20th century -- names like Armenia, Manizales, Medellin -- are now lost in a well-organized but faceless coffee machine.“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Coffee World Economy (#)

„In 2003, the total value of exports of all forms of coffee was estimated at US$9.58 billion of which US$5.58 billion is attributed to exporting countries for total exports of 85.79 million bags and US$4 billion to re-exports of 27.49 million by importing countries, showing the effects of value added by processing. Again it should be recalled that exporting country exports were valued at over 10 billion dollars annually in the 1980s.“

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Alternative Grounds (#)

„In fact, your growing awareness lead to a new home for our roaster and a new look for our cafe! No more stopping traffic on Roncesvalles while loyal customers and a neighbouring shopkeeper helped unload 152 lb coffee bags, 1 bag at a time, in through the front door and then down to the basement! Hooray for loading dock doors and a pallet wagon!!“

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CoffeeKid - Sunday Night Musings (#)

„Inneresin' Blends did what I call "mystery blending" this week - I have roughly 12 bags of coffee (from 100g to several pounds' worth) that for one reason or another I've lost the labels to - it's mystery green. I sniff, look at it, try to guess what it is, then roast and blend. This week, I actually hit upon a spicy, cinnamony and cabbage-like (YES, cabbage) blend that is actually pretty damned good as an espresso.“

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Allied Directory - National Coffee Association (#)

„Silocaf processes coffee owned by 3 rd parties only. The processes include receiving coffee in bags or bulk, cleaning, blending and delivery in bulk, standard bags and supersacks. Silocaf also upgrades coffee by using gravity table, screening and color sorting equipment. The facility is unique for the US and the largest of its kind in the world.“

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India coffee - News - Coffee prices firm up further (#)

„World coffee consumption is estimated at 113.08 million bags (60 kilograms) for calendar year 2003. Total world production during crop year 2004-05 is estimated at 112-114 million bags. Coffee exports during the year ended September 2004 were 87.49 million bags, slipping from 88.11 million bags in the previous year.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Espresso Blends, How Fresh is Nitrogen Packed Coffee? (#)

„Fresh coffee exudes a lot of carbon dioxide and the bag would burst if the one-way valve did not permit its escape – without allowing any oxygen in! Coffee packaged in such bags retains freshness for at least 30 days. Once the bag is opened, keep the coffee as protectively packaged as possible, keep it away from heat and try to consume it within 5 to 7 days."“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„As a result, coffee prices are the lowest in recorded history, and growers are receiving far less than it costs to produce their crop. Economists sipping their three dollar mochaccinos hold to the theory that the market works efficiently, that all those surplus coffee farmers should just pack their bags and get into something else. Like what? Overcrowded third world cities?“

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Tea & Coffee Message (#)

„We can supply the best quality tea in bulk as well as in consumer packets of 100gr.,225/250gr.,450/500gr.,900/1000gr, tea bags, fruit tea bags etc. We are able to supply cylon tea also.Coffee: Robusta Cherry A, AB, PB,C,Arabica Plantation A, B, PB & C in 60 kg new jute bags or Middle East Packing.Please contact by email to shajibnair@yahoo.co.uk“

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CafeTalk Comments (#)

„Mark, Kudos for your updates on the latest tricked out or exotic machines you are testing, blends you are trying and experiments with unmarked bags of coffee were informative and entertaining that appeals to my technogeekness..the blog concept is fine to see what kind of stuff you are up to.. and I agree it doesn't have to be long...Thanks for your coffee passion!!!“

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Tea & Coffee 10/04 - The Right Tea Equipment for Your Needs (#)

„There are now brewers available called Pod Brewers that reduce a customer’s time spent waiting for the tea to steep. Pods are round tea and/or coffee bags that are placed in a small tray and slid into a small brewer. Pressured water is pushed through the bag to extract the final product in about 30 to 45 seconds. The advantage for the customers is that there is no steeping and no waiting.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Under the economic provisions of the 1983 Agreement Members exporting more than 400,000 bags of coffee a year were entitled to a basic quota distributed among exporting Members in accordance with the proportions established in the Agreement. Members exporting less than 400,000 bags were exempt from the allocation of a basic quota.“

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Indiacoffee - Guide to Indian coffee - How to process specialty coffee? (#)

„The coffee is packed loose in gunny bags and stacked in piles with sufficient space between rows for the monsoon air to circulate freely around the bags. The cherry coffee absorbs moisture from the humid monsoon atmosphere. The beans swell up to nearly double the size and the colour of the beans change to pale yellow/straw colour.“

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Global Exchange : Coffee here, hardship there (#)

„The market has changed drastically in recent years. Brazilian farmers learned how to produce more coffee per acre by adopting new technology -- output is expected to skyrocket this year to 40 million 132-pound bags, from 30 million. Then, in the 1990s, Vietnam entered the coffee trade, expanding its share of the market to 8 percent from 1 percent.“

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Global Exchange : U.S. AID, roaster agree to help coffee growers (#)

„Central American nations have lost $1 billion in coffee export earnings over the last two years. This year's coffee crop was estimated at an unprecedented 125.1 million bags, up nearly 12 percent from 2001/02. Brazil, the No. 1 grower, was forecast by the U.S. Agriculture Department to harvest a record 51.6 million bags.“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: Buy, Sell and Trade, Need empty coffee bags... (#)

„Does anyone know where I can find empty Starbucks coffee bags? I want to make some purses and totes for myself like in this picture but I cannot seem to use up enough beans fast enough to get all the materials I need. If anyone wants to send me their used up foil starbucks bean bags that they would just throw away anyway that would be cool.“

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Tanzania is as close as your coffe cup - Coffee Farmers in Crisis - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„As farmers finish their coffee harvests, they bring their bags to the cooperative office to be weighed and recorded, and to receive payment for their crop. From here, the coffee is collected by KNCU and taken to Moshi to be prepared for shipment to Equal Exchange , LWR’s partner in the LWR Coffee Project.“

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Brazilian Scientists Decode the Coffee Genome - National Coffee Association (#)

„New genetically resistant plants hold the promise of doubling coffee production per hectare, from 15 to 30 bags. At the same time, these plants would enable Brazil to cut production costs by 20 percent. Together, these factors could raise annual national production to 60 million bags without the expansion of its current growing area.“

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Café de Colombia - PROCESSING (#)

„Only then are the berries picked individually. After the farmer picks all the coffee berries from the tree, they are put into bags and loaded on mules or donkeys. They go on to the only mechanical means of help for the farmer, the de-pulping machine. This machine removes the pulp off of the two seeds that are in the center of each berry.“

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BBC - Video Nation - CHORES by Jennifer Grimshaw (#)

„Jennifer's just come back from holiday and is facing up to all the washing and other chores. She unpacks her bag and shows her electric, boil-in-the-cup device, which she always takes with her, together with tea and coffee bags - she likes to know she can always get a cup of tea or coffee without having rely on anyone else.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Under the scheme the bank will offer a 1% higher rate of interest to those who choose to collect their interest in coffee. 12 bags of coffee, totalling 3 kilograms will be accrued in interest annually on the condition that at least 925 Euros ($1089, £665) is deposited and kept in the account for a minimum of 3 years.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„Air is roasted coffee's worst enemy and only 9 days after roasting, coffee is stale—with just a shadow of its full flavor. And while open burlap bags of coffee sitting on the floor may look appealing, the coffee in them is not. It's stale or even rancid.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   It was the other people—electricians, plumbers, delivery workers, customers—visiting her workplace who could sometimes make Bolger self-conscious. “I remember schlepping 15-pound bags of coffee around, and men would come to help me,” she laughs. “Clearly, they were uncomfortable seeing a woman doing that.”“

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How To Store Coffee - National Coffee Association (#)

„If you've purchased a large quantity of coffee that you will not use immediately, small portions, wrapped in airtight bags, can be stored for up to a month in the freezer.  Once you have removed them from the freezer, however, do not return them. Instead, move them to an air-tight container and store in a cool, dry place.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Coffee exports have more than doubled in the last 25 years and have exceeded 2.4 million bags in recent years. Unwashed Robusta accounted for an average 46 percent of exports. The premium grade  -  Robusta Cherry AB  -accounted for over 60 percent of exports of natural Robusta.“

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View topic - fair trade article - Coffee Forum (#)

„JBR Gourmet Foods, whose signature product is its 3-pound bags of San Francisco Bay French Roast sold at Costco stores, says it pays at least $1.38 a pound at 18 coffee farms around the world. It also pays for community projects, which have included schools, medical clinics and a baseball field.“

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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„The bags of coffee are located in the drawer labeled "Coffee". Take a bag and note the tight air seal. This is to keep the coffee grounds fresh and also to make your life very difficult.“

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View topic - Need supplies help - Coffee Forum (#)

„There are literally hundreds of companies that sell pre-made bags designed for coffee. Bags are relatively inexpensive witha wide number of options for coffee. As an example, a 4" x 4" silver foil 2-6oz bag is .045 cents.“

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What Goes Up Might Come Down? (#)

„These are the leading coffee importers; there are many more. At the low end of the scale, we imported 14 bags of coffee from Australia, 11 bags from Turkey and four from China.“

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Hawaii Coffee Association (#)

„13 in either Kona or Honolulu. If passed, the bill will take 7 to 10 million bags of coffee off the market or 5% of the coffee in the world. This does have the blessing of the SCAA. HCA is being asked for support and endorsement.“

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Tea & Coffee 08/00 - Rigid Packaging: The Can is No Dinosaur (#)

„Early in 1998, they completed the design and development of six of America’s Own Gourmet coffee. They package Sleepless in Seattle Coffee in keepsake tins and continue to offer this product in coffee bags.“

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Who are the CoffeeCrew? - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Colin's credits include a writing gig on one episode of CSI Las Vegas - season 3, an appearance on WTN's award winning show "The Shopping Bags", radio spots on CBC National radio and dozens of newspaper interviews about, you guessed it, coffee.“

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Fair Trade Coffee Project Resources - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„Apply to bags of Equal Exchange coffee, reminding your members this is a Lutheran World Relief project (stickers also come with coffee orders). You may order additional stickers for other promotion.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„It's 4:30 a.m. when uncle Roque, Virgilio and I pack the empty coffee bags and drive out of Pangoa. The trip is uneventful except for Señor Silva's stories about the time when the terrorists occupied the town for a night.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Questions and Answers, How does a ROCK get into a GRINDER? (#)

„ I can't really see how it is possible a rock can make its way into the grinder.  I guess a rock could tag along in those huge burlap coffee bags and then into your 1lb bag to take home...“

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:: Valvo-rama :: (#)

„Ewan Reid our dashing Technical & Quality Director, can often be found squeezing and sniffing in our roasting plant. Squeezing and sniffing coffee bags, that is. Why? It's all about valves.“

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Coffee: Lifeblood of Navy (#)

„These roasters are capable of roasting up to 500 pounds of beans every 15 minutes. Next the coffee is ground and packed 20-pound vacuum tins or 50-pound bags for distribution.“

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Mr. Coffee® - Recipes (#)

„Fit a Mr. Coffee® 8-12-cup paper filter into the tea-steeping basket; add tea bags. Fit the pitcher into place for brewing. Turn on machine and let brew.“

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