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Article: Green coffee handling in New Orleans: old, new, and thriving.
- Article from:
- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
- Author:
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New Orleans is known for many things: warm people, hot food, cool jazz, and strong coffee. Ask anyone who has spent time in the Crescent City and you'll hear about their favorite memories of Hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's, sipping beer and eating "ersters" at Felix's, Cafe Du'Monde's strong coffee and beignets, and the refrains of "throw me something mister" from uninhibited French Quarter revelers. What you generally won't hear is that New Orleans is the number one coffee port in the U.S. and leads the other ports by a substantial margin.
In 1996, 30% of all green coffee imported into the U.S. came through the port of New Orleans. Of the 17.9 million 60-kilo bags of ...