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The effect of bean origin and temperature on grinding roasted coffee

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Uman, Erol, Colonna-Dashwood, Maxwell, Colonna-Dashwood, Lesley, Perger, Matthew, Klatt, Christian, Leighton, Stephen, Miller, Brian, Butler, Keith T. +3 more·2016·Scientific Reports

Abstract

Coffee is prepared by the extraction of a complex array of organic molecules from the roasted bean, which has been ground into fine particulates. The extraction depends on temperature, water chemistry and also the accessible surface area of the coffee. Here we investigate whether variations in the production processes of single origin coffee beans affects the particle size distribution upon grinding. We find that the particle size distribution is independent of the bean origin and processing method. Furthermore, we elucidate the influence of bean temperature on particle size distribution, concluding that grinding cold results in a narrower particle size distribution, and reduced mean particle size. We anticipate these results will influence the production of coffee industrially, as well as contribute to how we store and use coffee daily.

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  • Particle distribution is vitally important to coffee extraction, affecting both diffusion of compounds through intragranular pores within grinds and fluid flow between grinds through the intergranular pore network.

    “Earlier studies found that particle distribution was vitally important to coffee extraction, affecting both the diffusion of compounds through intragranular pores within grinds, as well as the fluid flow between the grinds (through the intergranular pore network)14,44,45.”

    From The Effect of Time, Roasting Temperature, and Grind Size on Caffeine and Chlorogenic Acid Concentrations in Cold Brew Coffee (2017) · cites this paper as [44]

    The ‘Do Differences in the Green Bean Affect the Final Grind?’ section (page unavailable) says particle-size variability affects accessible surface area and the space through which water flows, supporting the extraction and between-grind flow portions. It does not describe diffusion of compounds through intragranular pores, so that mechanism is not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. Flament, I. & Bessière-Thomas, Y. in Coffee flavor chemistry. (John Wiley & Sons, 2002).
  2. Iwashita, K. & Oda, M. in Mechanics of granular materials: an introduction. (CRC Press Inc., 1999).

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Uman, E., Colonna-Dashwood, M., Colonna-Dashwood, L., Perger, M., Klatt, C., Leighton, S., Miller, B., Butler, K. T., Melot, B. C., Speirs, R. W., & Hendon, C. H.
Affiliations
  • University of Bath (GB)
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Hendon, Christopher H.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2016-04-18
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
24483-24483
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2340311391
Cited by
58
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
5.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Mineral Processing and Grinding
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization
Keywords
coffee grinding, particle size distribution, roasted coffee, coffee processing methods, coffee extraction, coffee storage
MeSH terms
Coffee, Food Handling, Hot Temperature, Seeds

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