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Healthy living

Healthy living, Subst., w. Technical term now commonly used in the construction industry. Means protection against hazardous substances and avoidance of harmful building and finishing materials. It also includes sound

Honduras

Honduras, country: Located in Central America. It is bordered by Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Caribbean and has ideal conditions for coffee cultivation. However, illegal logging and deforestation through

Hot air process

Hot air process, noun: Method of roasting coffee beans. It is used in industrial coffee. (see also: industrial roasting)

Import

Import, noun (also coffee import): After crude oil, coffee is the largest commodity traded on the world market. The largest producer is Brazil. The largest importer of green coffee is

Industrial coffee

Industrial coffee, noun: Coffee that is cultivated in very large quantities on large plantations in monocultures and that is harvested via stripping. Organic and fair trade standards are generally not

Industrial roasting

Industrial roasting, noun, also hot air process: For reasons of cost, the largest coffee brands are shock-roasted in huge processors for 2-5 minutes (as a comparison: our drum roasting takes

Ingredient

Ingredient, noun: Coffee has more than 1000 ingredients, 400 of which have not yet been identified. Depending on the type of coffee plant and cultivation area their composition can vary

Italian roasting

Italian roast, Subst., f., the darkest roast, used for espressos. The acids recede into the background here, the roasted aromas are strongly pronounced and the beans have an oily sheen.

Joachim Bauck

Bauck, Joachim: Demeter pioneer and figurehead of the Bauckhof company. A tireless advocate for the biodynamic movement, he was involved in various committees – among others, on the board of

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