Coffee Industry

Coffee merchandising

A brief account of the beginning of coffee in the Near East—Early legends, persecutions, first printed references—The introduction of the beverage into England, France, and Germany—Early London and Paris coffee houses—The story of the spread of coffee propagation around the co...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I

A brief account of the beginning of coffee in the Near East—Early legends, persecutions, first printed references—The introduction of the beverage into England, France, and Germ...

2. CHAPTER II

3. CHAPTER III

The chief factors which enter into coffee goodness—Brief discussion of caffein and caffeol—Coffee’s place in a rational dietary —Latest scientific discoveries that establish the...

4. CHAPTER IV

5. CHAPTER V

6. CHAPTER VI

The marvelous coffee package, one of the most ingenious in all nature—How coffee is harvested—Picking—Dry and wet methods of preparation—Pulping—Fermentation and washing—Drying—...

7. CHAPTER VII

8. CHAPTER VIII

The seven stages of transportation—Handling coffee at New York— How green coffee is graded—Spot-market trading—Buying coffee C. & F.—Futures and hedging—Buying and selling commi...

9. CHAPTER IX

The trade values, bean characteristics, and cup merits of the leading coffees of commerce—Appearance, aroma, and flavor in cup testing—How experts test coffees—Typical sample-ro...

10. CHAPTER X

11. CHAPTER XI

Separating, milling, and mixing—The roasting operation—Dry and wet roasts—Finishing and coating—Cost card for roasters— Cooling and stoning—Roasting equipment—Blending roasted c...

12. CHAPTER XII

13. CHAPTER XIII

How coffees are sold at wholesale—The wholesale salesman’s place in merchandising—Ten things every master salesman should know—Profit sharing for salesmen—Some coffee costs anal...

14. CHAPTER XIV

How coffees are sold at retail—The place of the grocer, the tea and coffee dealer, the chain store, and the wagon-route distributer in the scheme of distribution—Starting in the...

15. CHAPTER XV

Analyzing the potential market—The supreme coffee test—Freshly roasted and freshly ground—Coffee-brewing conclusions—Coffee urns—Rules for making coffee in hotels and restaurant...

16. CHAPTER XVI

17. CHAPTER XVII

The first coffee advertisement—Evolution of coffee advertising— Package-coffee advertising—Advertising to the trade—Advertising by various mediums—Advertising for retailers with...

18. CHAPTER XVIII

_Facing page_ Near view of berries of Coffea arabica (frontispiece) iii Legendary discovery of the coffee drink 1 First advertisement for coffee 6 A coffee house in the time of...

19. CHAPTER I

_A brief account of the beginning of coffee in the Near East—Early legends, persecutions, first printed references—The introduction of the beverage into England, France, and Ger...

20. CHAPTER II

The coffee tree, scientifically known as _Coffea arabica_, belongs to the two-leaved class of a large sub-kingdom of vegetable plants known as the _Angiospermæ_. Because it bear...

21. CHAPTER III

_The chief factors which enter into coffee goodness—Brief discussion of caffein and caffeol—Coffee’s place in a rational dietary—Latest scientific discoveries which establish th...

22. CHAPTER IV

The coffee belt of the world lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The coffee tree, while native to Abyssinia and Ethiopia, grows well in Java, Sumatra,...

23. CHAPTER V

Coffee grows best in rock ground that pulverizes easily, and, if possible, of volcanic origin. The plant favors a temperate climate within the Tropics. It requires about 70 inch...

24. CHAPTER VI

_The marvelous coffee package, one of the most ingenious in all nature—How coffee is harvested—Picking—Dry and wet methods of preparation—Pulping—Fermentation and washing—Drying...

25. CHAPTER VII

Buying coffee in the producing countries and shipping it to the consuming countries is an important branch of the coffee industry and one for which many years of constant study...

26. CHAPTER VIII

_The seven stages of transportation—Handling coffee at New York—How green coffee is graded—Spot-market trading—Buying coffee C. & F.—Futures and hedging—Buying and selling commi...

27. CHAPTER IX

More than a hundred different kinds of coffee are bought and sold in the United States. All of them belong to the same botanical genus, and practically all to the same species,...

28. CHAPTER X

Most roasters blend the different types of coffee when green. Some blend them after they have been roasted separately. When blended before roasting, the coffees are mixed by a m...

29. CHAPTER XI

_Separating, milling, and mixing—The roasting operation—Dry and wet roasts—Finishing and coating—Cost card for roasters—Cooling and stoning—Roasting equipment—Blending roasted c...

30. CHAPTER XII

Unless the coffee is to be sold in the bean, it is sent to the grinding and packing department, to be further prepared for the consumer. Since the federal Food Law has been in e...

31. CHAPTER XIII

_How coffees are sold at wholesale—The wholesale salesman’s place in merchandising—Ten things every master salesman should know—Profit sharing for salesmen—Some coffee costs ana...

32. CHAPTER XIV

_How coffees are sold at retail—The place of the grocer, the tea and coffee dealer, the chain store, and the wagon-route distributer in the scheme of distribution—Starting in th...

33. CHAPTER XV

_Analyzing the potential market—The supreme coffee test—Freshly roasted and freshly ground—Coffee-brewing conclusions—Coffee urns—Rules for making coffee in hotels and restauran...

34. CHAPTER XVI

Leaves and beans are the vegetable sources of the world’s three great non-alcoholic beverages,—tea, coffee, and cocoa. Of the three, tea leaves lead in total amount consumed, co...

35. CHAPTER XVII

_The first coffee advertisement—Evolution of coffee advertising—Package coffee advertising—Advertising to the trade—Advertising by various mediums—Advertising for retailers with...

36. CHAPTER XVIII

The ideal way to prepare the coffee drink would be to buy the coffee green, then roast and grind it just before making the beverage. This was the ancient custom, and obtained ev...