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Introduction to the Flavor description treatment method of Indonesian Coffee Raw Bean grading Standard

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, The standard for flavor description of raw coffee beans in Indonesia the size of the international practice is 9: 22, and the number used represents the diameter of the screen, with this number as the numerator and 64 as the denominator, in inches. For example, 14 refers to raw coffee beans that can be sifted through a 14-inch screen with a diameter of 64 inches, and 19 + refers to coffee that can be sifted with a diameter of more than 64 inches with a 19-inch screen.

Introduction to the Flavor description treatment method of Indonesian Coffee Raw Bean grading Standard

The size of the international practice is 9: 22, and the number used represents the diameter of the screen, with this number as the numerator and 64 as the denominator, in inches. For example, 14 refers to raw coffee beans that can be sifted through a 14-inch screen with a diameter of 64 inches, and 19 + refers to raw coffee beans that can be sifted with a diameter of more than 64 inches with a 19-inch screen.

Grading standard and code name

The governments of each coffee-exporting country set their own grading standards and code names.

Common grading standards

Block transactions:

The proportion of bad beans

Bean size

Soybean grain hardness

Single coffee (specialty coffee):

Name of the farm where it is produced

Organic cultivation (organic)

Fair trade (fair trade)

African countries-Kenya kenya

PB: peaberry

AA Plus-plus

AA plus

AA: Screen 17 and 18

AB: screen 15 and 16

C

E

African countries-Ethiopia

300 grams of raw beans as the basis for calculation

1: 0-3 defects

2: 4-12

3: 13-25

4: 20-45

5: 46-100

6: 101-153

7: 154-340

8: over 340 = substandard

South America-Colombia

Maragogype: special trees Marago Rippi, elephant bean

Supremo: screen > 17

Excelso: screen 15-16.5

UGQ: Usual Good Quality: Screen 12-14

South America-Brazil

Type Defects (COB) (New York) (Le Havre)

2 4 6 8

2/3 8 9 12.5

3 12 13 17

3/4 19 21 23.5

4 26 30 30

4/5 36 45 58.5

5 46 60 87

5/6 64 123

6 86 158

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