Storage and transportation of coffee
Ideally, coffee is bagged with a standard moisture content of 12%, in the country of origin, and it is kept below 70 degree F until close to the time when it can be placed in a ship.
Some coffee is also stored in silos, but this is usually just for a few days.
The coffee beans need to be stored at low temperature once on-board ship, and away from any storing smelling cargo.
Ideally, the journey would be as short as possible and any subsequent movement of the beans would be at 7% and low humidity.
This is quite difficult to achieve in practice and the risk of developing molds is high.
Another risk is that compounds will be leached or volatized from the green coffee beans so that they will not yield a pleasing beverage.
Green coffee beans are reasonably stable for one year at 70 degree F and 40 to 60% relative humidity.
Storage and transportation of coffee
Ideally, coffee is bagged with a standard moisture content of 12%, in the country of origin, and it is kept below 70 degree F until close to the time when it can be placed in a ship.
Some coffee is also stored in silos, but this is usually just for a few days.
The coffee beans need to be stored at low temperature once on-board ship, and away from any storing smelling cargo.
Ideally, the journey would be as short as possible and any subsequent movement of the beans would be at 7% and low humidity.
This is quite difficult to achieve in practice and the risk of developing molds is high.
Another risk is that compounds will be leached or volatized from the green coffee beans so that they will not yield a pleasing beverage.
Green coffee beans are reasonably stable for one year at 70 degree F and 40 to 60% relative humidity.
Storage and transportation of coffee
