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How Coffee Defect Beans are Classified and Graded: Colombia's Unique Coffee Classification System
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee's introduction to Colombian grading system: Colombian green bean grading generally uses two classification methods: defect classification and size classification. In FrontStreet Coffee's view, classifying by defects first is to control the coffee flavor, removing beans with poor flavors one by one
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Do Coffee Defects Affect Coffee Flavor? How to Identify Defective Coffee Beans?
Defective beans, if discussed within the specialty coffee community, are generally understood to impact the flavor of a cup of coffee. If you have the habit of buying coffee beans to brew at home, should you specifically sort out defective beans during brewing? After processing, coffee green beans undergo grading, and most...
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Q-Grader Green Coffee Exam Process and Considerations: How to Identify Defective Coffee Beans
The Q-Grader coffee cupping exam by CQI (Coffee Quality Institute) has long been the most rigorous and prestigious sensory evaluation examination in the global coffee industry. Beyond requiring exceptional sensory capabilities from candidates, this exam also demands fundamental knowledge of coffee basics. Here's an explanation of what to expect.
2021-11-28 Q-Grader exam coffee defects identification green coffee analysis coffee quality assessment CQI certification -
Coffee Defect Bean Classification Standards: What Are Common Green Coffee Defect Beans and Should You Sort Beans Before Brewing?
Since FrontStreet Coffee's main business is selling beans, in addition to questions about coffee brewing and preparation, we often receive feedback about bean-related issues through our backend. For example, questions about defect beans. Some customers approach FrontStreet Coffee with pictures, asking whether the beans in the photos qualify as defect beans. But basically, at Frontsteet
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My First Green Bean Purchase Experience! Details to Pay Attention to When Buying Coffee Beans
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) When buying coffee beans Pay attention to defect rate! Defect rate! Defect rate! 1 Mandheling G1, 500g green beans, 140 defective beans, defect rate 29%, this high defect rate batch, the appearance looks quite good, upon careful selection, surprisingly so many defective beans, the more you pick, the more you find
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What Are Coffee Roasting Defects | Characteristics of Roasting Defects | How to Identify Roasting Defects
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) When we talk about coffee defects, most people think of either defective beans being mixed in or problems with brewing. In fact, there is another situation: roasting defects! So what are roasting defects? FrontStreet Coffee is here to introduce them to everyone! Roasting beans is
2019-09-11 coffee roasting defects what characteristics identification professional knowledge -
Defective Coffee Beans Illustrated Guide: What Are Defective Coffee Beans and How to Identify Different Defects?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style) Manual sorting has its tricks - first decide which type of defective beans to start picking. The inspection order is color, luster, and shape. First remove foreign objects and black beans that are clearly different in color from the raw beans, then move on to dull, lifeless beans, fermented beans, and un...
2018-07-17 coffee defects definition illustrated guide what how identify different professional -
Types of Coffee Defect Beans and Their Formation Causes - How to Select Defective Coffee Beans and Differences Between Good and Bad Beans
Have you ever wondered why coffee beans go bad? What are the defects in green coffee beans? Why do they develop such defects? Today, FrontStreet Coffee will take you through the various types of defective beans and the causes behind their formation! Coffee processing typically begins on the same day as harvesting to prevent unnecessary fermentation that could alter the chemical properties of the coffee beans. This
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Coffee Bean Roasting | What Are Roasting Defects in Coffee | Which Defects Belong to Roasting
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) Defects in coffee flavor, some come from raw bean defects, some are produced during roasting, and some are generated during brewing. Today FrontStreet Coffee will first talk with everyone about what defects can occur during roasting! The definition of roasting So-called coffee roa
2019-10-08 coffee beans roasting coffee defects what which belong professional -
How Coffee Bean Grading is Performed - An Introduction to Ethiopian Defect Bean Grading Standards
Professional coffee knowledge exchange for more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) FrontStreet Coffee - Defect Bean Grading System Introduction This is the earliest grading method, currently the main representative countries that use the defect bean proportion method include Ethiopia, Indonesia, etc. Indonesian beans are mainly divided into 6 levels, namely G1~G6. Ethiopian coffee bean grading is based on a 300g sample of coffee beans
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SCA Arabica Coffee Green Bean Grading Manual_ How to Grade Arabica Coffee Beans?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) [SCAA Specialty Coffee Green Bean Standards] SCAA green bean defects are divided into two major categories: Class I and Class II defects. The requirements for specialty coffee grade are: No Class I defects; No more than 5 Class II defects
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What is the water-to-coffee ratio for pour-over Nicaraguan Finca Mamamina Pacamara Natural Process?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Nicaraguan Mierisch Family Finca Mamamina Pacamara Natural Process. Finca Mamamina story introduction: This Nicaraguan Pacamara...
2022-10-19 Nicaragua Mamamina Estate Natural Process Pacamara Pour-over Coffee Water-to-coffee ratio -
Coffee Bean Classification: Introduction to Brazilian Green Coffee Defect Grading System
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information. Follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee's Introduction to Brazilian Coffee Grading System: Brazilian Green Coffee Grading. First, coffee beans with parchment are processed through a hulling machine to remove the parchment. Then workers use vibration screening methods to grade coffee based on green bean density. It's important to know that density is a crucial measure of coffee quality
2020-02-08 coffee beans classification grading Brazil coffee green coffee defects grading system introduction -
Specialty Coffee Blue Mountain Coffee: A Grading System Prioritizing Size While Accounting for Defects
Although Blue Mountain coffee has a very small production volume, it possesses a strict grading system. Even when produced from the legally designated Blue Mountain region, it must be graded based on bean size and defect ratio. Blue Mountain No.1 bean size: 96% above 17/18 screen, defect ratio: 2%
2025-08-01 specialty coffee blue mountain size priority accounting defects grading system -
The Three Major Grading Standards for Green Coffee Beans! Detailed Explanation of Green Coffee Bean Grade Classifications in Different Countries! What Do AA and G1 Mean in Coffee Beans?
As we all know, coffee beans are agricultural products. Unlike industrial products that can be nearly perfectly replicated, agricultural products vary widely in quality. Therefore, to standardize quality, a corresponding system is needed to regulate coffee bean quality standards. On one hand, this ensures quality assurance, and on the other hand, it
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Why Select Defective Coffee Beans? What Flavors Do They Bring to Coffee?
Coffee is an agricultural product, so it's natural for green coffee beans to have various defects. Any producer or roaster would tell you the same thing. Fortunately, these defects can be visually identified and distinguished.
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Differences Between Yirgacheffe G1 and G2 Coffee Beans - Understanding Ethiopia's Coffee Grading System
Differences between Yirgacheffe G1 and G2 coffee beans: An introduction to the two distinct flavor profile variations. During processing, the fermented beans are placed in pools where they are moved back and forth, utilizing the friction between beans and the power of flowing water to wash the coffee beans until smooth and clean. After washing, the coffee beans remain encased in their parchment with a moisture content of 5%
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Reasons for High Defect Rate in Sumatra Coffee Beans and What Are the Defective Flavors
Professional coffee knowledge exchange, more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Why does Mandheling require so many manual selections? There are certainly reasons for that. Today, let's learn about the Wet Hulling process. Sumatra Coffee Bean Processing Method - Wet Hulling. March to May and September to December are the harvesting seasons for Mandheling in Sumatra. Currently, most coffee farmers only pick
2018-08-13 Sumatra Coffee Beans Defect Rate High Reasons Coffee Defective Flavors What -
What's the Difference Between PWN Golden Mandheling and G1 Mandheling - An Introduction to Mandheling Coffee Bean Grading System
For professional barista exchanges, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Regarding PWN Mandheling G1 and Golden Mandheling, do you know how to distinguish them? What are the differences? PWN Mandheling G1 according to Sumatra data, during the Second World War when Japan occupied Indonesia's Sumatra, a Japanese
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Indonesian Golden Mandheling Coffee Variety Grade Classification System How to Select and Purchase Raw Mandheling Coffee Beans
Golden Mandheling grading, how to select premium Mandheling? PWN Mandheling G1 according to Sumatra data, during World War II when Japan occupied Indonesia's Sumatra, a Japanese soldier tasted exceptionally aromatic coffee at a café and curiously asked the owner: What kind of coffee is this? The owner mistakenly thought the Japanese soldier was asking:
2025-06-14 Indonesia Golden Mandheling classification grading selection premium quality