Coffee bag

Often, it is made of jute and has a content of 60 kilograms (130 pounds); this type of bag originated in Brazil and became a worldwide standard.

[2] It also became a measurement unit to this day, for example FAO's statistics on coffee production are expressed in 60-kg bags.

[5] The 60 kg sack is starting to be replaced by huge polypropylene or polyethylene bags, such as the flexible intermediate bulk container.

Multi-layer graphics bags have largely replaced steel cans (tins) for consumer ground coffee.

The bags are not readily recyclable but compare favourably in life-cycle studies with metal cans on broader issues.