As green coffee is more stable than roasted, the roasting process tends to take place close to where it will be consumed.
At that price for green coffee, producer countries are barely recovering their costs.
They set what some deemed a world record price for green coffee by purchasing it for $21.00 per pound.
Through the computer system a certain quantity of green coffee is taken away from the silo and put in a toasting machine.
The drying operation is the most important stage of the process, since it affects the final quality of the green coffee.
Next, the coffee is sorted, and labeled as green coffee.
The next step in the process is the roasting of the green coffee.
But the price of green coffee has been slashed by about 50 percent during that time.
They pay a lot of money for their green coffee.
Unfortunately, other important molecules such as antioxidants and vitamins present in green coffee are destroyed.