All about coffee by William H. Ukers

2 by William H. Ukers, Ukers, William H. (William Harrison), 1873-1945

Chapter 22: CHAPTER XXI

Chapters

Chapter 22: CHAPTER XXI

PREPARING GREEN COFFEE FOR MARKET Early Arabian methods of preparation--How primitive devices were replaced by modern methods--A chronological story of the development of scientific plantation machinery, and the part played by English and American inventors--The marvelous coffee package, one of the most ingenious in all nature--How coffee is harvested--Picking--Preparation by the dry and the wet methods--Pulping--Fermentation and washing--Drying--Hulling, or peeling, and polishing--Sizing, or grading--Preparation methods of different countries Page 245
70 words