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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1986
Lawrence S Brandlein, Englishtown, NJ (US);
Steven M Schechter, Manalpan, NJ (US);
James P Mahlmann, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
Coffee is produced by first suspending a bubbling bed thereof under conditions which avoid popping in a heated medium wherein the heating gas is present in excess of 10:1 gas to coffee, the gas being less than 630.degree. F., and thereafter exposing the coffee to a further charge of hot gas at a comparable gas to coffee ratio to complete the roast, the second charge of air being at a temperature equal to or less than the first charge. The roasted coffee which is produced has a roasted whole bean density of from 0.28 to 0.34 gms./cc. When the roasted whole beans are suitably ground, a roasted and ground coffee of 11 to 13.5 oz. per 1000 cc. is produced.