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Article: Green coffee; alternative packaging, transport and storage: a survey of causes, concerns and options for the coffee zealot.(Transport & Storage)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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For decades, green coffee has been shipped via the same method: bagged in jute and ocean freighted to the importer. Some schemes that improve efficiency and quality have been adopted in some cases, but these have primarily revolved around bulk handling methods once the coffee has arrived at the port of importation (silo storage of imported coffee, for example). Such methods are not, obviously, scalable downward to benefit small and medium-sized roasters interested in identifying, roasting and marketing smaller lots of particular coffees. Some coffee zealots however, have taken matters into their own hands, removing their precious green ...