Abstract:
Liquid coffee extract is brought up to the relatively high solid content of between about 35 and 50% solids by the addition of various nutritive ingredients and then slowly and continuously cooled from about 35* to 40*F to between -14*F and -20*F over a period of at least 40 minutes. The extract is then thoroughly frozen and freeze dried to a stable moisture content to yield a dry, soluble coffee product having an improved and acceptable rate of solubility.
Abstract:
PRELIGHTENED, SOLUBLE COFFEE AGGLOMERATES ARE PREPARED BY GRINDING POWDER COMPRISING SOLUBLE COFFEE SOLIDS AND COFFEE LIGHTENER SOLIDS TO A PARTICLE SIZE BETWEEN ABOUT 90 MICRONS AND 150 MICRONS AND THEN AGGLOMERATING THE GROUND POWDER. THE COFFEE PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN THIS MANNER HAVE BOTH A COMMERCIALLY ACCEPTABLE APPEARANCE IN GLASS JARS AND A GOOD BREW APPEARANCE IN THE CUPPED BEVERAGE.