IELTS Writing Task 1: 'process' introduction and overview

Last week I gave some advice about how to write an overview (summary) for process diagram questions. Here's the question again:

The diagram below shows how coffee is produced and prepared for sale in supermarkets and shops.

(Click on picture to make it bigger. Source: 'Meanings into Words Upper-Intermediate')

Here's my introduction and overview:

The picture illustrates the process of coffee manufacture and preparation for sale on the market.

It is clear that there are 11 stages in the production of coffee. The process begins with the picking of coffee beans, and ends at the packing stage.

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You started overview in 2nd paragraph.can we write overview in same paragraph i.e with introduction?

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[jay]

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Could You tell me about my query in Task 1

where to use above words exactly?? before figure?

almost, about, around, at, with

I hope You consider my query as per your time.

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Can you tell me the different of "sale" and "sales" . I usually write "the sales of mobile phones". But I see in the rubic sentence : "prepare fore sale "

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[roro]

Hi Simon
I can not come up with enough words for this task ( I have arond 130 instead of 150). Any advise?
The picture illustrates the process of coffee manufacture and preparation for sale on the market.
It is clear that there are 11 stages in the production of coffee. The process begins with the picking of coffee beans, and ends at the packing stage.
First, coffee beans are picked by hand from coffee plants followed by the drying process which takes place outside. Before the grinding process can begin, the coffee beans are roasted and rapidly cooled in an oven. Next phase comprises mixing the coffee grinds with hot water, straining them and finally freezing the mixture. Now, the obtained product is grinded again before it is completely dried in a vacuum. The preparation process ends at this stage and coffee is distributed into separate jars before reaching the market’s shelves.

[Sena Hayta]

Hey Simon,

I wrote essay for this question. Can you check it.

The diagram shows the process of producing coffee and prepared for sale in market place.

The process of coffee as a product have eleven steps. It starts with pick the coffee beans and finishs packaging the coffee as a product.

The story of coffee starts with picking up the coffee beans. Picked coffee beans are dried on the field under the sun. The next process is roast the beans a while. After the beans are roasted, they are cooled fastly. Next process is grinded the coffee. The grinded coffee is mixed with hot water. In this process you had homogen mixture of water and coffee. After the mixture is strained and it is freezed. The frozen mixture is grinded again and it is ready for the drying a vacuum. The drying process is last step before put the coffee in the packages. At the end coffee is ready for the sale.

Thank you!