How cork is made: a sort film
A short film from my visit to Amorim's cork processing plants in the Alentejo and Porto, showing how natural corks are made. There's a lot more to include, such as the sort of QC and preventive measures employed (e.g. GC analysis for TCA; ROSA steam treatment) - I'll include these when I do a proper write up on the main site.
4 Comments:
Nicely done, Jamie. Hard to believe corks are so cheap, despite all the hand-done labor. Amazing.
The Corkdork
Interesting...yet it doesn't cover the ways in which they may be guarding, and testing against taint
That cork sorting machine is quite cool to watch, but what are they looking for as a defect?
anon, more on that later
Corkdork - agree
Dave - the machine is looking at the corks for optical defects - the highest grade are the ones with fewest visual defects
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