77 results about "Coffee processing" patented technology

Typical known methods for producing large quantities of concentrated extracts from solid raw materials such as ground, roasted coffee are not ideally suited to producing high quality coffee extracts that are rich in flavor and fragrance, and which maintain the varietal characteristics of the roasted coffee from which they are produced. The current invention provides filtration methods for producing such high quality concentrated extracts from more dilute extracts via solvent removal. The invention provides methods that have sufficient flexibility and scalability to be used for a wide variety of applications, including for producing industrial-scale quantities of extracts for the food and beverage industry. The invention provides methods and apparatus that can produce highly concentrated, “gourmet quality” extracts for use as flavoring agents, beverage concentrates, and fragrances.

Typical current methods for producing large quantities of extracts from solid raw materials such as ground, roasted coffee are designed for exhaustive extraction. Such methods are not ideally suited to producing high quality coffee extracts that are rich in flavor and fragrance, and which maintain the varietal characteristics of the roasted coffee from which they are produced. The current invention provides methods and apparatus for producing such high quality extracts. The invention provides methods that have sufficient flexibility and scalability to be used for a wide variety of applications, including for producing industrial-scale quantities of extracts for the food and beverage industry. The invention provides methods and apparatus that can produce highly concentrated, “gourmet quality” extracts for use as flavoring agents, beverage concentrates, and fragrances.

A ready-to-serve coffee product which provides a refreshing beverage or topping. The product is a black, coffee containing liquid in an aseptically filled container. The liquid has a fresh, clean taste and may contain more than 2% by weight of soluble coffee solids. The liquid is produced by extracting coffee solids from roast and ground coffee at a draw-off ratio of less than about 3. The concentration of soluble coffee solids in the coffee extract is then adjusted to less than about 5% by weight under oxygen-reduced conditions.

A coffee product comprises (i) a first portion consisting of unroasted coffee, in an amount of from 1 to 90% by weight based on the total weight of the ground coffee composition, and (ii) a second portion consisting of ground coffee which has been roasted to a higher degree of roast than said first portion, in an amount of from 99 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of the ground coffee composition in a weight ratio of (i) to (ii) is from 10:90 to 80:20 wherein the coffee product comprises at least 4 g of chlorogenic acids per 100 g of product.

The invention relates to a coffee beverage composition being devoid of significant contents of oil and insoluble particulates, comprising

• (a) at least 15% based on the total weight of coffee solids of total mannose, wherein the free mannose content is less than 50% by weight of the total mannose content, and
• (b) less than 1,000 ppm on a total coffee solids basis of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, and to a process for producing a soluble coffee extract, comprising the steps:
• (i) combining roast and ground coffee with water,
• (ii) adding hydrolase enzymes,
• (iii) wet-milling to a mean particle size of about 10 to about 250 μm,
• (iv) treating the reaction mixture by exposing it to a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 90° C., preferably about 50° C. to about 60° C., and
• (v) circulating the reaction mixture through a cross-flow semi-permeable membrane separation device where the soluble coffee extract is obtained as permeate.

The invention relates to a coffee processing device, in particular to a coffee bean separating and rinsing device integrating rapid sorting of unripe and ripe coffee cherries, separating of coffee beans and coffee peels and rinsing. The coffee bean separating and rinsing device is characterized by comprising a frame, an unripe and ripe coffee cheery separating device, a peel separating device, a drainage device, a degumming device and a cleaning water circulation device, wherein the unripe and ripe coffee cherry separating device, the peel separating device and the drainage device are arranged at the upper portion, in the middle and at the lower portion of the frame from top to bottom, the degumming device is arranged beside the frame and connected with the peel separating device, and the cleaning water circulation device is arranged at the bottom of the frame and connected with the drainage device and the unripe and ripe coffee cherry separating device. The coffee bean separating and rinsing device is simple in structure, reasonable in design, convenient to use and capable of saving resources, finishing procedures including unripe and ripe coffee cheery separating, peel removing, degumming and the like automatically, quickly and conveniently, reducing labor operation and increasing work efficiency.

A coffee pill and method are provided. The coffee pill includes coffee encapsulated to prevent contact of the coffee product with the pallet during the initial stage of consumption by oral ingestion. Upon reaching the digestive tract, the encapsulant dissolves permitting the coffee product to be released from the pill.

The invention relates to a method and a system for recovering aroma substances in the production process of instant coffee. According to the method, the aroma substances lost in the coffee grinding process are recovered by virtue of the water spraying condensation of a freezing process in an adsorption tower and aroma substances in an extraction process and a concentration step are recovered by virtue of flashing, displacement, concentration and adsorption, so that the aroma substances easy to lose and damage in the production process of the instant coffee are recovered in all directions; according to the method for recovering the aroma substances in the production process of the instant coffee, in sufficient combination with the production process of the instant coffee and based on the principle of high-temperature and high-pressure extraction of the coffee, the easily-volatile aroma substances in a high-temperature and high-pressure extract are quickly separated from material liquid by use of the flashing technology, and then the separated-out easily-volatile aroma substances are purified and concentrated, and finally backfilled to the coffee concentrate; the original aroma quality of instant coffee is retained to the utmost extent. Besides, water is taken as a condensate in the method, and is free of pollution, reusable and low in energy consumption; the method has obvious advantages in technology and economy, and can be widely applied to recovering the aroma substances in the industrial production, and the production cost can be saved.

A coffee pill and method are provided. The coffee pill includes decaffeinated coffee encapsulated to prevent contact of the coffee product with the pallet during the initial stage of consumption by oral ingestion. Upon reaching the digestive tract, the encapsulant dissolves permitting the decaffeinated coffee product to be released from the pill.

An espresso coffee dispensing system including at least one espresso coffee production machine including at least one espresso coffee dispensing unit, the unit comprising a filter for containing ground coffee powder and hot water feeder; a coffee grinder having an exit port for coffee powder and a temperature sensor disposed in proximity to the exit port to measure the temperature value of the ground coffee powder leaving the port; electronic controller associated with the coffee grinder to determine the water temperature value.

The invention provides an efficient and flexible coffee maker, and belongs to the technical field of coffee processing. The coffee maker includes a coffee maker body, a boiling box and a base; the base is connected to the lower end of the coffee maker body, the boiling box is connected to the upper end of the coffee maker body, a control panel is connected to the top face of the coffee maker body,a garbage box is connected to the side face of the coffee maker body, a rotation belt is arranged at the upper end of the boiling box, a rotation box is connected to the rotation belt, a rotation mechanism is connected to the inner side of the rotation belt, and an outlet column is connected to the bottom of the boiling box. The control panel can control the working conditions of the coffee maker, regulation and control are convenient, and the usage flexibility of the coffee maker is improved; the garbage box is used for placing temporary garbage produced in a coffee boiling process, it is convenient to maintain the grinding environment clean and tidy, the situation is avoided that bacteria and viruses are brought in a coffee grinding process, and the edible value of coffee is improved. The efficient and flexible coffee maker can completely boil the coffee, so that the coffee has good mouthfeel.

The invention provides a fermentation and cleaning integrated machine of coffee and fresh fruits, and belongs to the coffee processing equipment field. The fermentation and cleaning integrated machine of the coffee and the fresh fruits aims at solving the problems that coffee bean quality is affected due to different degrees of fermentation caused by natural fermentation inside a fermentation pool of common wet method processing in the prior art, and coffee bean quality and flavor are affected due to mechanized degumming and cleaning directly through friction in machinery wet method processing. The fermentation and cleaning integrated machine of the coffee and the fresh fruits comprises a control system, a fermentation barrel, an inner barrel, a spiral shaft and a heating plate. The spiral shaft penetrates through the inner barrel, the inner barrel is arranged inside the fermentation barrel, two sides of an inner barrel shaft of the inner barrel penetrate through the two sides of the fermentation barrel, the inner barrel and the spiral shaft are respectively driven to rotate by a dynamo, the heating plate is used for heating the fermentation barrel, and the control system is used for controlling temperature of the heating plate and rotating speed of the dynamo. The fermentation and cleaning integrated machine of the coffee and the fresh fruits combines fermentation and cleaning into one, the whole fermentation process is realized according to set temperature, humidity and time, automatic cleaning is completed, and pectin and coffee beans are separated.

The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a myceliated coffee product. This method providing green coffee beans and sterilizing the green coffee beans to provide prepared green coffee beans, and a step of inoculating the prepared green coffee beans with a prepared fungal component and culturing the inoculum to prepare the myceliated coffee product. The methods of the instant invention result in prepared green coffee beans and myceliated coffee products having reduced levels of undesirable taste components, such as chlorogenic acids, and increased levels of myceliation products, such as beta glucans and polysaccharides, relative to starting green coffee beans.

The invention relates to the technical field of substrate preparation, and specifically discloses a seedling substrate using coffee processing residues as a raw material and a preparation method thereof. The seedling substrate consists of the following components in percentages by volume: 30%-34% of the coffee processing residues, 7.5%-8.5% of cow dung, 22.5%-25.5% of puffed perlite and 22.5%-25.5% of vermiculite; and the pH of the seedling substrate is 6.5-6.9, the total porosity is 71%-75%, and the water holding porosity is 49%-51%. The seedling substrate is prepared through three steps of raw material collection and pretreatment, fermentation and seedling substrate preparation. The seedling substrate prepared by using the coffee processing residues as the raw material has the advantagesthat the raw materials are easy to obtain, the formula is reasonable, nutrition is balanced, the seedling substrate is soft and breathable, and the operation technology is easy to grasp, so that theseedling substrate can effectively promote the growth and development of aboveground and underground parts of seedlings, therefore, the seedling cost is reduced, and the seedling cycle is shortened.

The invention relates to a new material for filter rod composition and application of the new material and belongs to the technical field of cigarette filter rod materials. The natural new material can be obtained through the following steps that fresh coffee shells which are stripped out and discarded are gotten from a coffee production base when coffee is harvested, the fresh coffee shells are dried in the air till the moisture content is below 30%; the dried coffee shells are put into a baking device and baked at a lower temperature of about 60 DEG C till the moisture content is 9-12%; the baked coffee shells are cut into filaments or particles, and the coffee shells are rolled into club-shaped composite new material after humectant and tobacco extracting solution are added or are not added.. The natural composite new material and cellulose acetate fibroin are composited be used as material for manufacturing binary composite filter rods. The natural new material for filter rod composition has the advantages of being low in cost, good in environment friendliness, safe, good, natural, capable of playing a role in filtering and absorbing large-particle aerosol substances in smoke, and remarkable in economic benefit and social benefit.

The invention provides a coffee and fresh fruit processing water recycling system and a technological method. The system comprises a washing water tank, a washing groove, a degumming and fermentation pool and a water pipeline; the washing groove is connected with the degumming and fermentation pool through the water pipeline; the water outlet end of the degumming and fermentation pool is connected to a water outlet duct through the pipeline; the water outlet duct is provided with an electronic control two-way valve; one end of the electronic control two-way valve is connected with a drainage pipe; the other end of the electronic control two-way valve is connected with a sedimentation pool; the sedimentation pool is connected to the washing water tank through a water pump and the water pipeline; a nutshell filter device is installed in the washing groove; the discharge end of the filter shell device is connected with a nutshell collection groove; and the other end of the filter shell device is connected to the water outlet duct through the water pipeline. By adopting the system and a processing fermentation method using the system, the water for coffee processing can be saved, waste of water resources can be effectively solved, the content change of circulating water can be ingeniously utilized to improve the fermentation efficiency, and the quality of coffees and fresh fruits are improved.

The instant invention discloses a coffee washing machine wherein the coffee mucilage has previously been degraded by means of natural fermentation or by the addition of pectinolytic enzymes, wherein the degradation process minimizes the coffee's environmental impact together with the washing process. The method disclosed in the instant invention comprises: i) depulping coffee berries; ii) conveying coffee to a screening system in order to remove berries not depulped and the vast majority of the pulp; iii) conveying depulped berries to a tank, iv) storing the depulped berries in tanks allowing for mucilage degradation either through natural fermentation or by use of pectinolytic enzymes; v) conveying coffee from the fermentation tank towards the mechanical washer; vi) removing the degraded mucilage, allowing for washed coffee ready to initiate the drying phase.

The invention provides coffee brewing equipment capable of automatically adjusting the temperature, and belongs to the technical field of coffee processing. The equipment comprises a shell, a base connected to the bottom of the shell and a brewing box in matched connection with the shell, a brewing outlet is formed in the bottom of the brewing box, at least one concave ring is arranged on the inner wall of the brewing box, air outlets are uniformly distributed in the inner walls of the concave rings and are correspondingly connected with steam branch pipes, and the steam branch pipes are connected with a boiling device arranged at the lower end of the shell through steam guide pipes. The equipment is large in brewing temperature adjusting amplitude, the brewing speed is high, different requirements can be met, coffee brewing is uniform, and obtained coffee has strong coffee fragrance and soft and smooth mouth feel.

The invention relates to a processing technology capable of improving coffee processing efficiency and coffee beans processed thereby, and belongs to the field of food processing. The processing technology capable of improving coffee processing efficiency comprises the following steps of performing flotation on coffee fruits, removing pectin from peeled selected coffee fruits by performing biological enzyme degumming, dying the pectin-removed coffee beans, removing shell, carrying out polishing, and carrying out post-treatment. The biological enzyme degumming is performed by using pectinase and cellulase. The processing technology capable of improving coffee processing efficiency is simple in processing process, good in condition controllability; moreover, the degumming process of the coffee beans is improved so that coffee yield is stabilized with coffee bean quality improved, and thus, the processing technology is suitable for industrial production. Coffee beans prepared by adoptingthe processing technology are small in water-soluble substance loss, relatively low in bean breakage rate, and relatively high in yield.

The invention provides a multifunctional coffee machine, and belongs to the technical field of coffee processing. The coffee machine comprises a machine body, a boiling box and a base; the base is connected to the lower end of the machine body, the boiling box is connected to the upper end of the machine body, a control panel is connected to the top face of the machine body, a rotation band is arranged at the upper end of the boiling box, a rotation box is connected to the rotation band, a rotation mechanism is connected to the inner side of the rotation band, and an outlet column is connectedto the bottom of the boiling box. According to the coffee machine, coffee can be fully boiled, so that the coffee has the good taste; a feeding box can achieve the purpose that automatic feeding canbe conducted in the coffee boiling process, the operation that after the coffee is boiled, sugar needs to be added for stirring is omitted, and then the coffee machine is used more conveniently; a steam outlet is used for exhausting steam or boiling water, stirring can be conducted in the coffee boiling process, coffee powder can be pressed, and the coffee taste and nutritional value are significantly improved.

The invention provides a mechanical siphon machine for fresh coffee fruits, and relates to a preliminary coffee processing device, in particular to a material homogenizing and separating device used for evenly feeding, and separating tree branches, tree leaves, floating fruits, non-floating fruits, stones, iron nails and the like in preliminary coffee processing. The mechanical siphon machine for fresh coffee fruits comprises a machine frame and a vibrating screen, and the vibrating screen is used for even feeding. The mechanical siphon machine is characterized in that the siphon machine further comprises a separation screening box and a sorting and collecting device, the vibrating screen, the separation screening box and the sorting and collecting device are sequentially mounted on the machine frame, an outlet of the vibration screen is located above the separation screening box, the sorting and collecting device is located under the separation screening box, the separation screening box comprises a water storage tank and a siphon screening device, and the siphon screening device is fixed in the water storage tank. The mechanical siphon machine for fresh coffee fruits is simple in structure, scientific in design and convenient to use, and through the siphon principle, sundries in fresh coffee fruits are quickly separated and screened, and the process is quick and convenient.

The invention provides a creative coffee processing method for an intelligent coffee machine. The method comprises an obtaining procedure and an outputting procedure, wherein the obtaining procedure comprises the step of obtaining an image, and the outputting procedure comprises the step of controlling the coffee machine to conduct outputting according to the image. By the adoption of the scheme, the image is obtained, and the coffee machine is controlled to conduct outputting according to the image, so that the coffee machine does not output monotonous coffee any more, neither hidebound and stylized patterns such as tree leaves, flowers or plants, and the pertinence of the coffee machine relative to the image is greatly improved.