What is Quality and why Quality coffee ?

  Quality coffee is coffee that has desirable clean raw and roasted appearance

  as well as attractive aroma and good cup-taste. Thus, the principal objective

  of producing coffee is to maintain the inherent desirable quality of the beans

  that leads to good Beverage taste and consumer satisfaction, a product that

  eventually fetches higher income. Quality is of paramount importance to any

  production in general and to the coffee industry in particular. Quality is highly

  associated with consumers’ satisfaction, and is an important aspect in

  today’s competitive market. Consistent production of high quality Arabica

  coffee increases competitiveness and helps in establishing relationship in

  the market leading to increased returns to producers. 

  How to determine proper dryness in coffee?

  When the back side of the bean is dark and the remaining part is green,

  its moisture content is estimated to be about 13-13%. Fully dry coffee

  will attain light blue green colour and hard to break. At this stage the

  moisture content is about 10-15%. It is also possible test the degree

  of dryness of the beans by biting them. If the teeth leave a mark on the

  beans it is not dry enough; if it breaks it is an indication of dryness

  similarly, when one tries to cut the bean using a knife, a fully dry bean

  will slip away. More over, dry parchment coffee is light and gives a hash

  sound when one moves a batch of coffee in his hand.