
The Role Of Microorganisms In Coffee Fermentation
The Role Of Microorganisms In Coffee Fermentation: The two main phenomena that occur during the post-harvest processing of coffee (collectively referred to as fermentation) are microbial activity in the processing environment and the metabolism of substances within the beans.
The kinetics of fermentation focuses on the consumption of nutrients (of the coffee cherries) and the generation of microbial secondary metabolites, as well as the continuous transformation of flavor substances in the bean (i.e. variation in the composition, and proportions of various compounds …