Ten Steps To Coffee - National Coffee Association (#)

  „If the beans have been processed by the wet method, the pulped and fermented beans must now be dried to approximately 11 percent moisture to properly prepare them for storage.  These beans, still encased inside the parchment envelope (the endocarp), can be sun dried by spreading them on drying tables or floors, where they are turned regularly, or they can be machine dried in large tumblers.  Once dried, these beans, referred to as 'parchment coffee,' are warehoused in sisal or jute bags until they are readied for export.~“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade

  „Just store them in an airtight, moisture-proof container in a cool dry place (but not the refrigerator). If you must store beans for longer than a month, you can freeze them (in an airtight, moisture-proof container). However, freezing (and especially the thawing and refreezing that can occur when taking the beans in and out of the freezer every day) increases the likelihood that moisture will creep into the porous bean and the quality of the coffee will deteriorate. In addition, the flavor "oils" (which are not really oils at all, but a mixture of soluble and insoluble elements) that form on the outside of the beans during roasting will flake off because extreme temperature changes deteriorate bean structure (similar to how sidewalks crack as a result of moisture seepage and temperature change or the undesirable taste that ice cream gets when it's thawed and refrozen).“

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Global Exchange : Proposal restricts coffee types

  „The proposed ordinance states that all brewed coffee sold in town must be brewed from coffee beans that are organic, fair-trade, shade-grown or a combination. Violators would be fined between $250 and $1,000 or be jailed up to three days.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „Freezing is a better way to store coffee but the beans must be placed in a glass air tight container. Only lighter roasted coffee should be stored in the freezer. The darker roasted coffees tend to be more fragile.“

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  „The choice of a good blend of Espresso coffee constitutes the first step in this ritual. The coffee beans must have been roasted under the correct conditions so that they achieve a balance between flavour, aroma and body. Buy your Espresso coffee from a specialist supplier.“

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Tea & Coffee 04/02 - Finding a Path Through a Historic Maze

  „As SCAA meets in Anaheim, its roaster and retailer members must again face the fact that its partners at origin are in dire trouble as new sources of cheap Robusta beans are depressing world Arabica prices for yet another season. The larger coffee world appears in paralysis, unable to act in support of the grower and the future of better Arabica coffee for the U.S. consumer. What we, the little guys, can do is to find a path through the historic failures of both free and controlled markets to find new directions of common cause between grower and roaster, producer and consumer. Our best good faith efforts can sustain some specialty coffee farms that would otherwise perish.“

http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0402/coffee.htm - Cached

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