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Precipitation, Subst., m, criterion for coffee cultivation and bean quality. Coffee plants thrive best with a rainfall of around 1500-2000 liters per year per square meter. Papua New Guinea offers
Preparation, noun: Characteristic for biodynamic agriculture. Soil and plant fertility, ripeness quality and diversity are promoted through the use of self-produced fertilizer or spray mixtures made from cow manure, medicinal
Preparation (coffee), noun: There are many different ways to prepare coffee. Primarily, a distinction is made between espressos (lat. expressus: to express, to press out) and filter coffees. The former
Processing, noun: Describes the way that coffee berries are prepared into green coffee. In principle, there are three varieties. Wet processing: Gentle form in which the coarsely peeled coffee berries are
Proteins, noun: An ingredient in coffee. Long chains of amino acids. Approximately 10% of green coffee consists of proteins. After roasting, they are barely present since they are destroyed by
Pulp, noun: The flesh of the fruit of the coffee berry. Removing the pulp is called pulping. The machine used for it is called a pulper.
Pulping, verb: Refers to the removal of the pulp of the coffee berry from the seed, also known as the bean.
Quality criteria, noun: Parameters used to assess the quality of a coffee. For coffee beans, these include: Green coffee (cultivation, harvest, processing) and roasting. For the preparation, these include: Coffee
Remer, Raimund: Austrian master farmer and renowned expert in biodynamic agriculture. In 1988, he agreed to go to Papua New Guinea in order to convert the Rui Plantation in Mount
Recycling, Subst., n., English for “reuse/recycle”. Describes the process by which waste products are reused and become secondary raw materials. It already existed in ancient Rome: excrement was sold as
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