Abstract:
Liquid coffee extract having a solids concentration of from about 10 to 30% by weight is maintained at a temperature below about 70.degree. F for a period of time sufficient to permit precipitation of materials which interact with elemental iron. The tempered extract is clarified, such as by centrifugation, fortified with nutritive ingredients including a soluble iron compound containing assimilable iron, and dried, such as by spray drying.
Abstract:
A novel process for producing aromatized coffee is disclosed, comprising obtaining a synthetic coffee aroma composition produced by reacting methyl mercaptan with a molar excess of carbonyl compounds, subjecting the composition to an evaporative process, and adding at least a portion of the evaporate to a coffee product. The coffee product may be either a soluble coffee product or roasted and ground coffee.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE AROMA RETENTION, AROMA CHARACTER, AND APPEARANCE OF FREEZE-DRIED COFFEE PARTICLES COMPRISES UNIFORMLY WETTING THE SURFACE OF FREEZE-DRIED COFFEE PARTICLES WITH STEAM BY PASSING THE PARTICLES THROUGH A JET OF STEAM OR BY SOME OTHER SUITABLE MEANS. THE STEAM IS ADDED TO THE COFFEE IN A RATIO OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 1.5.
Abstract:
Process for the removal of undesirable irritants from raw coffee beans without concommitant reduction in caffeine content by extraction with organic solvents which comprises extracting the raw beans with a water-immiscible, low boiling organic solvent for a period of from about 0.75 to 4 hours at a temperature which is above the boiling point of the solvent but no higher than about 80* C.
Abstract:
AROMA- AND FLAVOR-BEARING SUBSTRATES ARE SEPARATED INTO AN AROMA CONCENTRATE AND A FLAVOR CONCENTRATE BY PULSING OR APPLYING IN A CONTINUOUS FASHING WET STEAM TO A ZONE CONTAINING THE SUBSTRATE. THE SUBSTRATE-CONTAINING ZONE IS HELD UNDER VACUUM PRESSURE AND THE FLAVOR CONCENTRATE IS COLLECTED IN A FIRST TRAP, WHILE AN AROMA CONCENTRATE IS COLLECTED IN A SECOND TRAP. IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, THE SUBSTRATE COMPRISES EITHER COFFEE OR TEA.
Abstract:
A COFFEE ADDITIVE MIXED WITH GROUND ROAST COFFEE BEANS PRIOR TO BREWING COFFEE THEREFROM INCLUDES DRIED YEAST, DEHYDRATED MUSTARD, WATERCRESS, PARSLEY AND ALFALFA GREENS AND ACTS TO REDUCE THE ACID AND OIL CONTENT OF THE BREWED COFFEE.
Abstract:
A method of obtaining an aromatized coffee extract wherein the extracting medium is introduced into a column of coffee which has been subjected to steaming under isolated conditions before the column is vented to the atmosphere. In this manner, the extracting medium condenses the aromatic volatiles and when the coffee extract is drawn off from the column it contains, uniformly dispersed therein, the desired aromatic volatiles.
Abstract:
A new method of stripping desirable volatiles from roasted coffee has been discovered which does not significantly degrade the quality of the roasted coffee. Roasted coffee is contacted with dry steam in a confined volume at above atmospheric pressures. The pressure is then relieved and the vapors which escape due to the reduction of pressure in the column are condensed to recover aromatic and flavor constituents.
Abstract:
A process for the removal from raw coffee of constituents which contribute to the presence of undesired stimulants in roasted coffee, without changing the caffeine content. The process comprises treating the raw beans with the ester of an organic acid, in combination with a ketone.
Abstract:
Raw coffee is heated up by humidified hot air during a first period, then cooled at a reduced pressure during an immediately following second period, and these alternate treatments are carried out several times in succession.