Coffee : small-scale processing
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References
Post-Harvest Handling and Processing of Green Coffee in African Countries
From Crop to Cup: Conventional Trade in Coffee
Single Estate Coffee: Crop to Cup
Agro-Industry Profiles: Coffee
SECTORAL LIBRARY: INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT, 1986. This review of the coffee processing industry explores all
aspects of the industry from cultivation practices to processing and marketing. It
discusses primary processes such as wet processing, fermentation, washing, drying
and hulling, and secondary processes such as grading, sorting, shipping,
decaffeination, blending, roasting, grinding and the preparation of soluble coffee.
Marketing aspects coffee storage and environmental concerns are also addressed
Coffee
Coffee: botany, biochemistry and production of beans and beverage.
Clifford MN and Willson KC (Editors). London, Croom Melm, 1985.
Coffee Wrigley G. London, Longman, 1988.
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