Nespresso workers find hundreds of pounds of cocaine on their shift

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Unpacking coffee: Nespresso employees find hundreds of kilos of cocaine

Such bags were delivered to Nespresso (symbol image). However, there was also something hidden in the delivery that nobody had expected: cocaine.

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05/06/2022, 08:56

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Surprise at Nespresso: Cocaine was discovered on the premises of a coffee producer in Switzerland. Employees tracked down the drugs.

The Nespresso employees probably just wanted to unload and unpack coffee as usual that day. But the routine work culminated in a spectacular find of drugs: a total of 500 kilograms of cocaine were eventually seized on the premises of her employer, a Nespresso factory in Switzerland.

The employees of the Nestlé subsidiary discovered a white substance on Monday when unloading sacks of freshly delivered coffee beans, as the police in the canton of Friborg announced on Thursday. They then alerted the police.

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The water
Step 1: Filter fresh, cold water, then place in a saucepan or kettle and boil for two minutes.
A cup of coffee consists of 99 percent water. The minerals and salts in the water are additional flavor carriers of the coffee aroma, which also benefits from a high oxygen content. The coffee water should therefore always be taken cold from the tap and heated quickly. This keeps the most oxygen in the water.
The quality of drinking water in Germany is consistently excellent, but the taste differs significantly in some cases. Depending on the soil composition of the source and the treatment, more calcium and magnesium is dissolved in the water, the more of these minerals are present, the “harder” the water is. In addition, the pH value also plays a major role in the taste. It indicates whether the water is more acidic or basic.
Rather soft water emphasizes the taste of the coffee. Hard water can neutralize the fine acids in coffee. Very acidic water, on the other hand, will overemphasize the acidity. The coffee loses its aroma. For a well-balanced coffee, water in the middle is the best “solvent”. Water filters can produce the golden mean. Too much limescale in the water can be eliminated by boiling it several times – the coffee tastes better even if the oxygen has been boiled away. If you have very acidic water where you live, you should switch to a low-acid type of coffee.

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Coffee delivery for Nespresso originated from Brazil

The officers searched a total of five shipping containers that had been delivered to the factory premises by train that day. The containers had originally come from overseas on container freighters. According to the information, investigators seized more than 500 kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine did not come into contact with the coffee-making facilities, police said.

According to initial investigations, the coffee delivery came from Brazil. According to the police, the confiscated cocaine has a sales value of around 48 million euros (about 50 million Swiss francs). The police also said that it appeared that the cocaine was intended for the European market. It is unclear why it ended up at Nespresso.

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