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Table 2.

Moisture, Aw, color, and particle size of coffee beans at different roasting level

Level of roasting	Moisture content (g/100 g)*	Aw*	Color lightness (L)**	Particle size (g/100 g)*
Level of roasting	Moisture content (g/100 g)*	Aw*	Color lightness (L)**	>425 µm	300–425 µm	250–300 µm	<250 µm
Green bean	11.13 ± 0.01^e	0.65 ± 0.01^e	46.35 ± 0.03^f	84.17 ± 0.78^f	5.42 ± 0.40^a	7.38 ± 1.6^a	3.03 ± 0.39^a
Early yellow	6.76 ± 0.17^d	0.56 ± 0.01^d	47.37 ± 1.04^f	64.57 ± 3.26^e	18.20 ± 1.63^b	11.13 ± 0.95^b	6.10 ± 2.58^a
Brown	3.48 ± 0.15^c	0.37 ± 0.01^c	39.61 ± 0.26^e	47.87 ± 0.74^d	31.57 ± 1.29^c	19.13 ± 0.54^c	1.44 ± 0.01^a
1st crack done	1.68 ± 0.09^b	0.22 ± 0.02^b	32.02 ± 1.35^d	35.02 ± 0.67^c	40.00 ± 0.23^d	22.70 ± 0.94^d	2.28 ± 0.04^a
Very light	0.94 ± 0.07^a	0.15 ± 0.01^a	22.33 ± 0.21^c	23.04 ± 0.25^b	39.75 ± 5.00^cd	28.72 ± 1.00^e	8.49 ± 5.75^a
Light	1.15 ± 0.37^a	0.17 ± 0.02^a	20.28 ± 0.09^b	19.19 ± 0.76^ab	39.49 ± 5.65^cd	31.65 ± 1.33^f	9.66 ± 6.22^a
Medium	0.68 ± 0.37^a	0.14 ± 0.03^a	18.49 ± 0.12^a	16.92 ± 2.82^a	39.51 ± 4.66^cd	35.42 ± 0.82^g	8.15 ± 2.65^a
Dark	0.75 ± 0.11^a	0.15 ± 0.01^a	17.21 ± 0.49^a	15.76 ± 3.66^a	37.97 ± 2.66^cd	36.91 ± 0.47^g	9.35 ± 6.78^a

Values with different superscript in the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05)

*Average of four data ± standard deviation

**Average of ten data ± standard deviation