Coffee Beverage

A special issue of Beverages (ISSN 2306-5710).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2016) | Viewed by 18659

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Dear Colleagues,

Coffee is a product of mass consumption, with a worldwide consumption estimated at 2.5 million cups per day. Coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world  and the total value of the coffee industry was estimated at around US$173.4 billion in 2012, (source ICO). In sharp contrast with their economic importance coffee beverage has not been deeply studied as other important beverage.

The objective of this Special Issue is to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original researches and review articles bringing together the state of the art on factors influencing coffee beverage attributes.

We see major potential, for example, in the following topics: Coffee beans quality and environment conditions, orchard management for producing high quality, cultivars characteristics, and bean composition. In particular, we are open to innovative research about sensorial analysis, volatile compounds, post-harvest, roasting, and storage technologies.

Dr. Benoît Bertrand
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Keywords

  • coffee beverage
  • coffee bean
  • agronomic factors
  • post-harvest
  • sensory analyses
  • volatiles compounds and aroma precursors

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Sensory Description of Cultivars (Coffea Arabica L.) Resistant to Rust and Its Correlation with Caffeine, Trigonelline, and Chlorogenic Acid Compounds
by Larissa De Oliveira Fassio, Marcelo Ribeiro Malta, Gladyston Rodrigues Carvalho, Gilberto Rodrigues Liska, Priscilla Magalhães De Lima and Carlos José Pimenta
Beverages 2016, 2(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages2010001 - 18 Jan 2016
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Considering the importance of the chemical compounds in Arabica coffee beans in the definition of the drink sensory quality and authentication of coffee regions, the aim of this study was to evaluate, from principal component analysis—PCA—if there is a relation between the caffeine, [...] Read more.
Considering the importance of the chemical compounds in Arabica coffee beans in the definition of the drink sensory quality and authentication of coffee regions, the aim of this study was to evaluate, from principal component analysis—PCA—if there is a relation between the caffeine, trigonelline, and chlorogenic acid (5-CQA) content and the sensory attributes of the drink, and in this context, enabling the differentiation of cultivars in two coffee-producing regions of Brazil. We evaluated seven rust-resistant Coffea arabica cultivars, and two rust-susceptible cultivars in two cultivation environments: Lavras, in the southern region of Minas Gerais state, and Patrocinio in the Cerrado region of Minas Gerais. The flavor and acidity were determinant for differentiation of the cultivars and their interaction with the evaluated environments. Cultivars Araponga MG1, Catigua MG2, and Catigua MG1 are the most suitable for the production of specialty coffee in the state of Minas Gerais. A poor correlation was found between caffeine, trigonelline, 5-CQA contents, and fragrance, flavor, acidity, body, and final score attributes. However, these compounds enabled the differentiation of the environments. The PCA indicated superiority in the sensory quality of cultivars resistant to rust, compared to the control, Bourbon Amarelo, and Topázio MG1190. Full article
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Discrimination between Arabica and Robusta Coffees Using Hydrosoluble Compounds: Is the Efficiency of the Parameters Dependent on the Roast Degree?
by Rafael C. E. Dias and Marta De T. Benassi
Beverages 2015, 1(3), 127-139; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages1030127 - 30 Jun 2015
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Coffea arabica (arabica) and Coffea canephora (robusta) are the most important coffee species. Arabica has higher commercial value and, in general, more favorable sensory characteristics. After roasting, analytical methods are required to differentiate species. Blends with different proportions of arabica/robusta coffees, roasted [...] Read more.
Coffea arabica (arabica) and Coffea canephora (robusta) are the most important coffee species. Arabica has higher commercial value and, in general, more favorable sensory characteristics. After roasting, analytical methods are required to differentiate species. Blends with different proportions of arabica/robusta coffees, roasted at three degrees were studied. Color parameters and the levels of chlorogenic (5-CQA) and nicotinic acids, caffeine, and trigonelline were evaluated. Hydrosoluble compounds were analyzed by their efficiency to discriminate coffee species, considering different roast degrees. Caffeine was a good discriminator, regardless of roast degree. The roast degree influenced the efficiency of discrimination of the other hydrosoluble compounds. A model using color parameters and the variables Ratio (5-CQA/caffeine contents ratio) and Sum (sum of nicotinic acid and trigonelline contents) was proposed to the estimation of roasting degree. Considering the use of heat-labile compounds, the discrimination among coffee species should be carried out in two steps: first, the characterization of roasting degree, and subsequently the appropriate parameters are defined for each roasting degree. Thus, the combined use of color parameters and hydrosoluble compounds could be useful to help the differentiation of coffee species in blends of roasted samples. Full article
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