Monday, 20 February 2012

Respect the coffee


The coffee is the one of the most sensitive item to pack.  The term sensitive which is used is not with the sense of breakage or fragile, but with the sense of its taste and odor.  It is getting affected by the atmospheric gases which can make it odorless or tasteless and if it’s in constant contact with any of the unwanted gas then also the same and even worst result may be seen.  Henceforth, very measurable and preventive measures are to be taken for its packaging and usage.  The coffee is mainly own for its best aroma and strong taste that can make a person fresh and charged, but if the same things are not there then there will be no respect for the coffee.


In order to maintain the same respect and decorum of the coffee in the heart of people, the companies have given their night’s long hard work and after immense research they came up with a solution which proved to be the best and till now it is only used in its packaging process.  Mainly, after the coffee beans are separated it is roasted so that there is no content of humidity or any volatile impurity in it.  After the roasting is completed, it is packed and then distributed.  However, it was found that the roasted coffee use to release large amount of carbon dioxide which has to be removed for the sake of coffee.  Along with it, the coffee needs some amount of moisture and oxygen so as to maintain its life.  Whenever there is a problem then there is a solution, and the same in this case.  The solution was found out which was one way degassing valve.  Its popularity increases like a flood just for its work which was, it helps in removing the unwanted carbon dioxide and other harmful gases from the packet and along with that, allows required amount of moisture and oxygen to enter in.  With the arrival of this valve, the coffee packaging world started gaining speed and that too with pride and respect.


Previously, the coffee packaging world was very much use to the plastic packaging.  It was the only product used by maximum companies, but nowadays, there is much other option in their hand so we come across varieties of style and patterns.  The reason that the plastic packaging became so famous was that it was the only option in the hands of the people at that time.  It was inert, flexible and most importantly protects the coffee from the outside environment.  All this factors were there, which actually made the people to use plastic packaging, and it also proved them all right.

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