Puerta, G. I., & Echeverri, L. F. (2019). Relationships between the concentration of coffee chemical compounds and roasting temperatures. Cenicafe Journal, 70(2), 67-80. https://doi.org/10.38141/10778/70206
The color is the most used variable to finish the roasting process of coffee. In this project, initial and final roasting temperatures were set to control and complete this process. The chemical compounds were analyzed in green and roasted coffee. Coffee was produced by submerged fermentation and roasted at initial temperatures of 185, 190, 195, 200 and 210°C and final temperatures of 175, 180 and 185°C. At the initial roasting temperatures no significant differences were found in the contents of lipids, proteins, sugars, alkaloids, or quinic, citric, malic, formic and succinic acids. According to the roasting temperatures, the concentrations of chemical compounds in roasted coffee changed. As the initial temperature increased, the lipids and acetic acid decreased and the quinic and citric acids increased. With the elevation of the final temperature the process time, the mass transfer and the contents of acetic, lactic, succinic, formic and oxalic acids increased. In addition, the color of the grain became darker and the concentrations of sucrose, trigonelline and citric and malic acids decreased. The setting of the roasting temperatures may contribute to obtaining consistency in the chemical composition and quality of coffee.