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dry the Coffee before shipment. Wet Coffee will 

 quickly turn musty, and the musty smell is very 

 difficult to get rid of. 



We find amongst a few planters an idea 

 prevalent that in the first stages of drying the 

 process must not be too rapid, and that Coffee must 

 not be put directly in the sun when washed. Our 

 experience is directly opposed to this idea, and we 

 consider the planter will be very ill-advised to 

 miss an hour's sunshine if he can help it. We 

 have found our Coffee lose considerably in colour 

 with too gradual drying, owing to sunless weather. 



Peeling, Polishing, and Grading. This work 

 can be done on the estate or in London. There is 

 a good deal of difference of opinion as to the 

 advisability of estate cleaning, and at present we 

 do not feel in a position to advise either way. 

 Certainly London cleaned Coffee realises a few 

 shillings more per cwt., but against this we have 

 to put a 20 per cent, increased freight, due to the 

 weight of the husks, and a 50 per cent, increase in 

 cost of bags, for the cleaning reduces the bulk by 

 about half. The London Brokers tell us that in 

 the event of a dull market, London-cleaned would 

 be in demand, whereas country-cleaned might not 



