Table 4.
Cupping scores of roasted coffee beans
| Sample code | Cup characteristics | Total Score (100%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fragrance | Flavor | After Taste | Acidity | Body | Uniformity | Balance | Clean cup | Sweetness | Overall acceptability | ||
| 01DM | 8.00 | 7.67 | 7.08 | 7.08 | 7.42 | 10 | 8.08 | 10 | 10 | 7.83 | 83.17 |
| 01FM | 7.83 | 8.08 | 8.07 | 7.83 | 7.83 | 10 | 8.25 | 10 | 10 | 8.58 | 86.42 |
| 01TM | 7.01 | 7.07 | 7.51 | 7.42 | 7.67 | 10 | 7.92 | 10 | 10 | 8.04 | 82.5 |
| 02DM | 7.58 | 7.42 | 7.33 | 7.25 | 7.33 | 10 | 7.75 | 10 | 10 | 7.67 | 82.33 |
| 02FM | 7.05 | 7.17 | 6.92 | 7.25 | 7.75 | 10 | 7.67 | 10 | 10 | 7.51 | 81.25 |
| 02TM | 7.42 | 7.08 | 7.08 | 6.58 | 7.03 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | 10 | 7.33 | 80.06 |
| 03DM | 8.25 | 7.58 | 7.58 | 7.67 | 8.08 | 10 | 8.08 | 10 | 10 | 8.04 | 85.25 |
| 03FM | 7.92 | 7.42 | 7.58 | 7.75 | 7.83 | 10 | 8.08 | 10 | 10 | 7.83 | 84.42 |
All values are average cupping score of three professional cuppers.
Where: 01DM: Yirgacheffe coffee medium roasted by drum roaster; 02DM: Harar coffee medium roasted by drum roaster; 03DM: Sidama coffee medium roasted by drum roaster; 01FM: Yirgacheffe coffee medium roasted by fluidized bed roaster; 02FM: Harar coffee medium roasted by fluidized bed roaster; 03FM: Sidama coffee medium roasted by fluidized bed roaster; 01TM: Yirgacheffe coffee medium roasted by traditional roaster; 02TM: Harar coffee medium roasted by traditional roaster.