CHAPTEE XVI. 

 GRADING OR CLASSIFYING. 



GRADING coffee is quite a simple operation. It 

 is, however, an important one, since on it 

 depends to a certain extent the prices to be 

 obtained in the market. At the commence- 

 ment of this booklet I mentioned the fact that 

 planters are bound to lose some money if they 

 do not personally superintend their plantations 

 and machinery, or at least have a person who, 

 by taking an interest in his work and his 

 principal's interests, is able to detect defective 

 work of any of the employees, or possible 

 defect in the machinery. A defective grader 

 may cause considerable losses to a planter. 

 The reason is obvious. Coffee is classified in 

 various grades, each grade realising a different 

 price in the market, according to the state of 

 this. The following classifications are usually 

 demanded "Triage," thirds flats, seconds 

 flats, firsts flats, and first and second peaberries. 

 When the planter contemplates ordering a 

 separator the best thing he could do would be 

 to send an unclassified sample of his coffee to 

 the maker of the machine, such as is discharged 



