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Why measure for moisture in coffee?
You’ve been operating all these years without testing...
why change now?
- Evaluating the moisture of pre-shipment samples ensures the quality of the green beans you are buying:
Green coffee should be between 10 and 12% moisture. Instant moisture information will help you make on-the-spot decisions about accepting or rejecting shipments of green coffee. Get what you pay for and, simultaneously, ensure the quality of the coffee.
- Moisture Determination can help to control costs on shrinkage:
During the roasting process, the higher the moisture level in green coffee, the longer the roasting time, the lower the productivity rate and the higher the fuel comsumption. Total shrinkage will be higher. Knowing the moisture can help you select lower shrinkage beans and to establish optimum roasting process conditions in terms of lower shrinkage and higher coffee aromatic retention.
- Using information about the coffee’s moisture level can help you in the roasting process:
If you blend before you roast, moisture analysis ensures that the moisture levels of the beans you are blending are similar. Otherwise, the result will be a speckled appearance because the degree of roast in the different types of beans is different. Knowing the moisture level of the coffee beans beforehand will also help you to determine an appropriate roasting time.
- Maintaining a constant moisture level on your finished roasted coffee ensures consistent coffee, from one batch to the next:
Moisture does affect the flavor. Consequently, if the moisture level varies from batch to batch, so does the flavor. Quenching with small amounts of water to stop the roasting process raises the moisture level. It is important to know how much.
- Limiting the moisture level to 4% will help to prevent staleness:
The rate of oxidation increases significantly at 4% moisture in roasted coffee. Thus, coffee goes stale faster, beginning at approximately 4% moisture.
- Provide your customers with the information they require:
You may have contracts with customers who require moisture information. As the industry progresses, more and more people are requiring their product at certain specs. Subsequently, you must have the proper equipment to perform the required test.
The To view the range of equipment offered by CSC Scientific for coffee testing, click here:
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