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. 2019 Apr 17;11(4):867. doi: 10.3390/nu11040867

Table 2.

pH, titratable acidity, dry matter, and CIELab values of the beverages obtained by each extraction technique and grinding degrees (GD) of CBS, and ANOVA among GDs for each technique.

Technique Grinding Degree (μm) pH Titratable acidity Dry weight L* a* b*
(g acetic acid eq/L) (%)
Moka >4000 4.91 ± 0.05 a 0.40 ± 0.05 d 0.52 ± 0.06 d 82.73 ± 1.51 a 5.69 ± 1.36 d 50.84 ± 3.99 c
2000–4000 4.88 ± 0.01 a 0.61 ± 0.05 c 0.84 ± 0.11 c 75.91 ± 0.64 b 11.65 ± 1.06 c 64.77 ± 2.83 b
1000–2000 4.89 ± 0.03 a 0.95 ± 0.06 b 1.53 ± 0.06 b 61.20 ± 2.83 c 25.76 ± 1.85 b 80.92 ± 0.54 a
500–1000 4.93 ± 0.01 a 1.64 ± 0.09 a 2.70 ± 0.17 a 33.21 ± 1.96 d 37.75 ± 1.12 a 55.08 ± 3.30 c
250–500 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Significance ns *** *** *** *** ***
Neapolitan >4000 4.92 ± 0.03 a 0.29 ± 0.03 c 0.41 ± 0.01 c 82.76 ± 0.70 a 5.52 ± 0.50 c 48.74 ± 1.33 c
2000–4000 4.91 ± 0.04 a 0.37 ± 0.04 c 0.49 ± 0.06 c 80.56 ± 2.80 a 7.33 ± 2.19 c 54.14 ± 5.51 c
1000–2000 4.88 ± 0.03 a 0.95 ± 0.08 b 1.50 ± 0.15 b 56.56 ± 4.34 b 28.45 ± 2.89 b 79.31 ± 0.68 a
500–1000 4.93 ± 0.01 a 1.23 ± 0.04 a 2.00 ± 0.13 a 39.04 ± 2.66 c 37.24 ± 0.70 a 63.97 ± 4.02 b
250–500 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Significance ns *** *** *** *** ***
American >4000 4.96 ± 0.01 b 0.26 ± 0.01 d 0.36 ± 0.01 c 87.98 ± 0.53 a 1.98 ± 0.18 e 38.34 ± 0.68 e
2000–4000 5.07 ± 0.04 a 0.37 ± 0.02 c 0.51 ± 0.04 bc 85.17 ± 0.64 b 4.02 ± 0.51 d 48.39 ± 1.86 d
1000–2000 5.07 ± 0.01 a 0.40 ± 0.01 b 0.69 ± 0.01 b 80.12 ± 0.34 c 8.35 ± 0.26 c 59.79 ± 0.60 c
500–1000 4.99 ± 0.02 b 0.55 ± 0.01 a 1.01 ± 0.26 a 73.99 ± 1.33 d 14.54 ± 1.37 b 71.05 ± 1.92 b
250–500 4.87 ± 0.01 c 0.57 ± 0.01 a 1.00 ± 0.04 a 64.30 ± 0.74 e 23.80 ± 0.72 a 80.12 ± 0.31 a
Significance *** *** *** *** *** ***
Espresso >4000 5.09 ± 0.07 a 0.20 ± 0.02 d 0.28 ± 0.04 d 91.14 ± 1.37 a 0.58 ± 0.69 d 29.45 ± 3.67 d
2000–4000 4.98 ± 0.04 b 0.37 ± 0.04 c 0.51 ± 0.05 c 86.15 ± 1.81 b 3.32 ± 1.29 c 44.39 ± 4.08 c
1000–2000 4.98 ± 0.01 b 0.61 ± 0.05 b 0.89 ± 0.07 b 77.63 ± 2.16 c 10.61 ± 2.13 b 64.10 ± 3.74 b
500–1000 4.87 ± 0.02 c 1.08 ± 0.02 a 1.62 ± 0.05 a 65.87 ± 0.52 d 22.10 ± 0.51 a 79.52 ± 0.69 a
250–500 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Significance ** *** *** *** *** ***
Capsule >4000 5.19 ± 0.04 a 0.12 ± 0.01 d 0.15 ± 0.00 d 94.73 ± 0.12 a −0.47 ± 0.05 c 18.15 ± 0.56 d
2000–4000 5.15 ± 0.04 a 0.17 ± 0.01 c 0.24 ± 0.00 c 92.73 ± 0.21 a −0.08 ± 0.06 c 25.28 ± 0.90 c
1000–2000 5.15 ± 0.02 a 0.43 ± 0.00 b 0.66 ± 0.01 b 82.41 ± 0.67 b 6.22 ± 0.58 b 53.72 ± 1.56 b
500–1000 4.84 ± 0.01 b 0.93 ± 0.03 a 1.33 ± 0.06 a 68.71 ± 1.92 c 19.06 ± 1.73 a 75.91 ± 1.66 a
250–500 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Significance *** *** *** *** *** ***
French press >4000 4.91 ± 0.05 ab 0.62 ± 0.00 a 0.91 ± 0.06 a 77.73 ± 1.53 b 10.80 ± 1.47 a 67.09 ± 2.30 a
2000–4000 4.94 ± 0.02 ab 0.65 ± 0.05 a 0.91 ± 0.05 a 76.48 ± 2.49 b 11.97 ± 2.55 a 68.31 ± 4.37 a
1000–2000 4.94 ± 0.01 ab 0.50 ± 0.04 b 0.86 ± 0.10 a 77.42 ± 2.71 b 10.96 ± 2.65 a 65.83 ± 4.68 a
500–1000 4.96 ± 0.01 a 0.40 ± 0.02 c 0.66 ± 0.05 b 82.23 ± 1.42 a 6.53 ± 1.27 b 56.03 ± 3.50 b
250–500 4.90 ± 0.02 b 0.49 ± 0.03 b 0.83 ± 0.05 a 75.22 ± 0.36 b 12.75 ± 1.40 a 67.87 ± 3.18 a
Significance ns *** ** * * *

n/a, not applicable. Means followed by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05. Significance: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; ns = not significant. Data are expressed as mean values (n = 3) ± standard deviation.