Chemical alterations of parchment coffee beans during storage

Authors

  • Gilberto Westin Nobre Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA
  • Flávio Meira Borém Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA
  • Simone Miranda Fernandes Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA
  • Rosemary Gualberto Fonseca Alvarenga Pereira Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

Keywords:

Café, alteração química, armazenamento, qualidade, Coffea

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate chemical alterations of parchment coffee during storage under different conditions. Sampling for analysis was done on five different occasions. The first sample was taken immediately after storage and the others in 90-day intervals. Impermeable packages (nylon sacks, nylon sacks with 40% of CO2 and foil vacuum packs) prolonged storage time, preserving the coffee’s quality in the conditions of the experiment for its entire duration. The coffee (Coffea arabica L.) conditioned in permeable packaging (jute and jute sacks with ground coffee shells) presented chemical alterations, which depreciated its quality.

Author Biographies

Gilberto Westin Nobre, Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

Departamento de Agricultura/DAG

Flávio Meira Borém, Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

Departamento de Engenharia/DEG

Simone Miranda Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

Departamento de Engenharia/DEG

Rosemary Gualberto Fonseca Alvarenga Pereira, Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

Departamento de Ciência dos Alimentos/DCA

Published

2007-12-18

How to Cite

NOBRE, G. W.; BORÉM, F. M.; FERNANDES, S. M.; PEREIRA, R. G. F. A. Chemical alterations of parchment coffee beans during storage. Coffee Science - ISSN 1984-3909, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. p. 1–9, 2007. Disponível em: https://coffeescience.ufla.br/index.php/Coffeescience/article/view/33. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2025.

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