Why did the TSA take my coffee?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “can i bring coffee beans on a plane“
Why did the TSA take my coffee?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “can i bring coffee beans on a plane“
I used to travel for work to Aus quite often and my mom, even after I mentioned that Aussies are quite strict about agricultural products etc., gave me a pack of almonds, raw almonds. Upon landing in Aus, I was taken to a separate room altogether, where I was told that since these are raw almonds, we are not sure what exactly is in them. They were questioning nature 🙂 as almonds with their outer layer, I doubt if any foul play can happen at all. they did cut 3-4 almonds in front of me and said this white thing inside, could be drugs or anything that is not allowed by Aus laws. I could only feel amused at their comments.
so coming back to your coffee confiscation, custom and border control want to protect their countries obviously but sometimes can go a little overboard in doubting natural things like coffee beans or almonds. I always feel glad at custom borders that they only confiscated my stuff and didn’t trouble me much so should you 🙂
Coffee is one of the relatively few things which can effectively mask the smell of marijuana. They may have suspected you were smuggling marijuana or other drugs in the package of coffee, and after opening decided that it was destroyed and not left you with the unsealed package.
There is no specific rule about ground coffee not being allowed. I have personally brought back Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Blue_Mountain_Coffee ] , considered the best coffee in the world, with no problem. Note, I brought this from Jam…