Coffee Bean Storage

The Philippines sees coffee as a 'reforestation species'

The government in the Philippines wants to encourage the planting of trees under its National Greening Program and it has come up with a practical, duel-purpose strategy to fulfil this goal. The general plan is to plant some 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares of the country by the year 2016. No easy feat!

However, the choice of trees is a clever one. The Environment Secretary has recently revealed that the plants of choice will both assist with reforestation and also offer practical solutions to the communities’ problems of poverty and food shortages.

What is this clever solution? The government has chosen to plant coffee and cacao plants on a considerable scale. As such, great use will be made of the respective beans of these plants by the locals. Other fruit-bearing plants are also under consideration for the planting project such as mango and durian.

The strategy as currently published is that the profits from these new fruit trees would be channelled to the farmers who are involved in the project or, as appropriate, the locals would take the benefit from harvesting. The government also hopes to give appropriate support ‘post-harvest’ too. For example, in terms of the preparation of the coffee bean from the coffee plants, the government may help with processing, roasting and storage techniques.

Research carried out recently has published figures to show that coffee is the second most popular beverage in terms of consumption.

Tutorial: Resin Embedded Coffee Bean Storage Jar - Dollar Store Crafts

Resin has always been on my crafting bucket list, and I was so excited this week when I finally got to try my hand at resin crafting, courtesy of ETI Environmental Technology, the makers of Envirotex Lite Resin. I'm a huge coffee fan, so I made a coffee bean storage jar with real coffee beans embedded in resin in the lid. Don't worry if you're not a fan of coffee beans - this technique would make the cutest storage for all your craft supplies. Simply embed bits of whatever you are going to store inside the jar - beads, buttons, candy sprinkles, etc.

This is a great beginner resin project because you are using a small amount of resin on a small object, and you just have to pour the resin in and not worry about unmolding (like with resin jewelry).

If you will need to move your project out of the way while it cures (which I did because I have three curious little boys!), you might want to prepare a movable work surface that you can keep your project on. I used an old cutting board covered in freezer paper. I read somewhere that Contact paper is a great surface protector, and that resin peels right off the surface after it dries.

1. Make sure jar is clean and dry. My jar was a square-topped Anchor Hocking jar. The lid has a slight indent at the top, which is perfect for holding embedded items. Pour coffee beans onto the top of the lid to determine how many to use. You want them to be relatively flat and spread out because the top of the lid is pretty shallow. Remove the beans from the lid and put aside. (Oh, and THEN make sure the lid is clean again!)

2. Get all supplies ready to use so they will be easy to reach while you work. You will just be working with the lid, so put the jar aside.

3. Mix resin according to package directions. You will need about 1-2 ounces of resin for this project, depending on the size of your lid.

4. Put coffee beans in first mixing cup, and pour a bit of resin over them. Stir to coat, making sure each bean is coated in resin. Then transfer resin-coated beans to lid and spread out.

5. Top beans with remaining resin. Be sure you don't overfill the lid, or the resin will leak out and potentially ruin your project.

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