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  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,373 Views
2 Pages

Sensorial and Aroma Profiles of Coffee By-Products—Coffee Leaves and Coffee Flowers

  • Marina Rigling,
  • Marc C. Steger,
  • Dirk W. Lachenmeier,
  • Steffen Schwarz and
  • Yanyan Zhang

14 August 2023

The utilization of coffee leaves and flowers has been underestimated over the years. Both by-products can be obtained from coffee trees without adversely affecting the production of coffee beans. To gain fundamental knowledge of their sensorial and a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,715 Views
46 Pages

18 May 2025

Coffee and coffee by-products, such as coffee cherries, coffee flowers, coffee leaves, green beans, roasted coffee, instant coffee, spent coffee grounds, and silverskin, contain a complex mixture of bioactive compounds that may exhibit both genotoxic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,337 Views
19 Pages

How Coffee Capsules Affect the Volatilome in Espresso Coffee

  • Giuseppe Greco,
  • Estefanía Núñez-Carmona,
  • Marco Abbatangelo,
  • Patrizia Fava and
  • Veronica Sberveglieri

17 December 2021

Coffee capsules have become one of the most used methods to have a coffee in the last few years. In this work, coffee was prepared using a professional espresso coffee machine. We investigated the volatilome of four different polypropylene coffee cap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,909 Views
14 Pages

The scientific literature indicates that there is a limited number of data on the content of bioactive components in coffees consumed “on the go”. Therefore, this study examined the polyphenol and caffeine content of different types of co...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
14,807 Views
22 Pages

Risk Assessment of Trigonelline in Coffee and Coffee By-Products

  • Nick Konstantinidis,
  • Heike Franke,
  • Steffen Schwarz and
  • Dirk W. Lachenmeier

14 April 2023

Trigonelline is a bioactive pyridine alkaloid that occurs naturally in high concentrations in coffee (up to 7.2 g/kg) and coffee by-products (up to 62.6 g/kg) such as coffee leaves, flowers, cherry husks or pulp, parchment, silver skin, and spent gro...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,662 Views
6 Pages

12 August 2023

The coffee by-product market represents a transformative paradigm in the coffee industry, capitalizing on previously overlooked resources and generating economic value through sustainable practices. We will explore the multifaceted opportunities and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
14,305 Views
20 Pages

Specialty Coffee Shops in Mexico: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Purchasing High-Quality Coffee

  • Roselia Servín-Juárez,
  • Carlos J. O. Trejo-Pech,
  • Alma Yanet Pérez-Vásquez and
  • Álvaro Reyes-Duarte

30 March 2021

This study models the purchasing behavior of specialty coffee by 114 coffee shops across 15 cities in nine states in Mexico. Simple and multilevel mixed-effects logistic models are tested. Our models extend the framework used in prior research. We mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
606 Views
13 Pages

28 November 2025

The aim of this study was to compare, under standardized conditions, the content and molecular properties of carbohydrates occurring in extracts from roasted coffee beans and in coffee substitutes made from roasted chicory root, barley, wheat, spelt,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,442 Views
21 Pages

Modulating Coffee Fermentation Quality Using Microbial Inoculums from Coffee By-Products for Sustainable Practices in Smallholder Coffee Production

  • Luisa-Fernanda Duque-Buitrago,
  • Karen-Dayana Calderón-Gaviria,
  • Laura-Sofia Torres-Valenzuela,
  • Martha-Isabel Sánchez-Tamayo and
  • José-Luis Plaza-Dorado

20 February 2025

This study developed an inoculum culture for semi-controlled coffee fermentation using lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeast, with coffee production by-products as carbon sources. The viability of the inoculum was optimized by using a mixture design t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,595 Views
10 Pages

25 March 2025

The coffee berry borer (CBB) is the most destructive pest of coffee worldwide, with damages exceeding $500 M a year and affecting the livelihood of 25 million farmers. Coffee fruit rot (CFR) is described as an anthracnose disease; it can cause up to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
163 Citations
21,985 Views
17 Pages

20 March 2020

The aim of this study was to examine the association of coffee, caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee and caffeine intake from coffee with cognitive performance in older adults. we used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,361 Views
19 Pages

HMP-Coffee: A Hierarchical Multicriteria Model to Estimate the Profitability for Small Coffee Farming in Colombia

  • Leidy Casilimas,
  • David Camilo Corrales,
  • Mayra Solarte Montoya,
  • Eric Rahn,
  • Marie-Hélène Robin,
  • Jean-Noël Aubertot and
  • Juan Carlos Corrales

27 July 2021

Existing models to estimate profitability in small-scale coffee production are based on limited information leading to precision problems in the estimations and, therefore, fail to represent the real economic return. This leads smallholders to make d...

  • Data Descriptor
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,083 Views
19 Pages

A Qualitative Dataset for Coffee Bio-Aggressors Detection Based on the Ancestral Knowledge of the Cauca Coffee Farmers in Colombia

  • Juan Felipe Valencia-Mosquera,
  • David Griol,
  • Mayra Solarte-Montoya,
  • Cristhian Figueroa,
  • Juan Carlos Corrales and
  • David Camilo Corrales

8 December 2023

This paper describes a novel qualitative dataset regarding coffee pests based on the ancestral knowledge of coffee farmers in the Department of Cauca, Colombia. The dataset has been obtained from a survey applied to coffee growers with 432 records an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,595 Views
15 Pages

Feasibility of Vermicomposting of Spent Coffee Grounds and Silverskin from Coffee Industries: A Laboratory Study

  • M.A. González-Moreno,
  • B. García Gracianteparaluceta,
  • S. Marcelino Sádaba,
  • J. Zaratiegui Urdin,
  • E. Robles Domínguez,
  • M.A. Pérez Ezcurdia and
  • A. Seco Meneses

3 August 2020

In the coffee industry, several by-products are generated during the production and consumption of coffee and represent an important waste from an environmental viewpoint. For improving the knowledge about this issue, a laboratory vermicomposting stu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
23,992 Views
16 Pages

Coffee and Yeasts: From Flavor to Biotechnology

  • Lavinia Liliana Ruta and
  • Ileana Cornelia Farcasanu

Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, and its popularity has prompted the necessity to constantly increase the variety and improve the characteristics of coffee as a general commodity. The popularity of coffee as a staple drink h...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,034 Views
2 Pages

Towards a Crowdsourced Digital Coffee Atlas for Sustainable Coffee Farming

  • Emma Krischkowsky,
  • Onur Bal,
  • Colin Beyer,
  • David Miller,
  • Manuel Walter and
  • Kirstin Kohler

5 September 2024

The present work summarizes the results of a 15-week student project addressing the field of sustainable coffee farming. Coffee farmers often lack scientific knowledge concerning the coffee varieties they cultivate, and having grown coffee for genera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
125 Citations
46,434 Views
21 Pages

18 March 2019

Coffee is popular worldwide and consumption is increasing, particularly in non-traditional markets. There is evidence that coffee consumption may have beneficial health effects. Consumers’ beliefs in the health benefits of coffee are unclear. T...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
2 Citations
907 Views
1 Page

15 July 2024

The genetic conformity of the cultivated varieties of coffee is key for the sustainability of coffee growing. In the past years, various studies have shown that genetic conformity was overall low. This situation is mainly due to a lack of professiona...

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,701 Views
25 Pages

Scientometric Overview of Coffee By-Products and Their Applications

  • Daniel D. Durán-Aranguren,
  • Sebastian Robledo,
  • Eduardo Gomez-Restrepo,
  • Jorge W. Arboleda Valencia and
  • Natalia A. Tarazona

15 December 2021

As coffee consumption is on the rise, and the global coffee production creates an excess of 23 million tons of waste per year, a revolutionary transition towards a circular economy via the transformation and valorization of the main by-products from...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
15,549 Views
18 Pages

Preparation of Activated Carbons from Spent Coffee Grounds and Coffee Parchment and Assessment of Their Adsorbent Efficiency

  • Gustavo A. Figueroa Campos,
  • Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez,
  • Inga Block,
  • Sorel Tchewonpi Sagu,
  • Pedro Saravia Celis,
  • Andreas Taubert and
  • Harshadrai M. Rawel

12 August 2021

The valorization of coffee wastes through modification to activated carbon has been considered as a low-cost adsorbent with prospective to compete with commercial carbons. So far, very few studies have referred to the valorization of coffee parchment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,127 Views
11 Pages

Tracking Trace Elements Found in Coffee and Infusions of Commercially Available Coffee Products Marketed in Poland

  • Kamila Pokorska-Niewiada,
  • Aniela Scheffler,
  • Laura Przedpełska and
  • Agata Witczak

13 July 2024

Coffee is a source of micronutrients, including iron, zinc, copper, and manganese. It may also contain toxic metals, such as lead and cadmium. The effects of coffee on the human body may vary depending on its composition. The objective of this study...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,307 Views
29 Pages

Sustainable Strategies for the Control of Pests in Coffee Crops

  • Carmenza E. Góngora,
  • Zulma Nancy Gil,
  • Luis Miguel Constantino and
  • Pablo Benavides

29 November 2023

Coffee is a worldwide commodity, and both coffee-producing and coffee-consuming countries have real concerns about environmental problems and economic growth strategies based on the efficient use of resources. Because this crop is a perennial, pests...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,552 Views
10 Pages

Coffee leaf rust (CLR) is a major disease of Arabica coffee caused by the biotrophic fungus Hemileia vastatrix. Jazan region in Saudi Arabia has long been one of the last coffee-producing regions in the world free of this disease. In August 2023, CLR...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,380 Views
1 Page

Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink Coffee

  • Amaia Iriondo-DeHond and
  • Maria Dolores del Castillo

10 August 2023

In January 2022, dried coffee cherries from Coffea arabica L. and Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner, commonly called cascara, were finally authorized as a Traditional Food from a Third Country and were added to the Union List of Authorized Novel...

  • Conference Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,891 Views
14 Pages

Shaping the Future of Coffee: Climate Resilience, Liberica’s Rise, and By-Product Innovation—Highlights from the International Coffee Convention 2023 (ICC2023)

  • Dirk W. Lachenmeier,
  • Philipp Weller,
  • Adriana Farah,
  • Ma. Carmen Ablan Lagman,
  • Massimiliano Fabian,
  • Maria Dolores del Castillo and
  • Steffen Schwarz

8 March 2024

The International Coffee Convention 2023 comprehensively addressed the contemporary challenges and advancements in the coffee industry, emphasizing sustainability, health, and innovation. This convention gathered experts and stakeholders to explore d...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,538 Views
10 Pages

7 August 2023

Coffee pulp is an abundant residue from the coffee industry, but it still contains large amounts of valuable compounds such as polyphenols. The extraction of polyphenols from coffee pulp by the conventional method is accompanied by contaminated compo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,422 Views
30 Pages

Volatilome, Microbial, and Sensory Profiles of Coffee Leaf and Coffee Leaf-Toasted Maté Kombuchas

  • Amanda Luísa Sales,
  • Sara C. Cunha,
  • Isabel M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira,
  • Jéssika Morgado,
  • Lauro Melo,
  • Juliana DePaula,
  • Marco Antonio L. Miguel and
  • Adriana Farah

2 February 2024

Kombucha is a fermented beverage traditionally made from the leaves of Camelia sinensis. The market has drastically expanded recently, and the beverage has become more elaborated with new, healthy food materials and flavors. Pruning and harvesting du...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
21,556 Views
17 Pages

Coffee Oil Extraction Methods: A Review

  • Raquel C. Ribeiro,
  • Maria Fernanda S. Mota,
  • Rodrigo M. V. Silva,
  • Diana C. Silva,
  • Fabio J. M. Novaes,
  • Valdir F. da Veiga,
  • Humberto R. Bizzo,
  • Ricardo S. S. Teixeira and
  • Claudia M. Rezende

20 August 2024

Green and roasted coffee oils are products rich in bioactive compounds, such as linoleic acid and the diterpenes cafestol and kahweol, being a potential ingredient for food and cosmetic industries. An overview of oil extraction techniques most applie...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,664 Views
25 Pages

12 July 2025

Coffee oil derived from spent coffee grounds of Coffea arabica is considered a novel food in the European Union (EU), requiring pre-market approval supported by comprehensive toxicological data. The effects of coffee oil on human health, particularly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,884 Views
12 Pages

Fabrication and Properties of Hybrid Coffee-Cellulose Aerogels from Spent Coffee Grounds

  • Xiwen Zhang,
  • Li Ping Kwek,
  • Duyen K. Le,
  • Men Shu Tan and
  • Hai Minh Duong

26 November 2019

A fully biodegradable hybrid coffee-cotton aerogel has been successfully developed from spent coffee grounds, 100% cotton fiber and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) flakes via environmental friendly processes. The cotton fibers in coffee aerogel help to maint...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,288 Views
2 Pages

Enhancing Competitiveness of Coffee Growers in Ituango, Colombia, through Science, Technology, and Innovation: “The Coffee Grower’s Laboratory Initiative”

  • Marcela Martínez-Castaño,
  • Luis Esteban Pérez-Pérez,
  • Deisy Johana Gómez-Quintero,
  • Cecilia Gallardo-Cabrera,
  • Juliana Rojas-Gallardo,
  • María Alexandra Quirama-Rivera,
  • Gabriela Sánchez-Betancur,
  • Edilson Alexis Zapata-Uribe,
  • Claudia Patricia Posso-Carvajal and
  • Juan Camilo Lopera-Idarraga
  • + 3 authors

Different actors have observed divergences and imbalances related to quality understanding and value appropriation in the coffee value chain. Reducing this gap and ensuring sustainability requires innovative strategies. The “Coffee Grower&rsquo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
16,722 Views
13 Pages

Coffee and Microbiota: A Narrative Review

  • Federico Rosa,
  • Benedetta Marigliano,
  • Sergio Mannucci,
  • Marcello Candelli,
  • Gabriele Savioli,
  • Giuseppe Merra,
  • Maurizio Gabrielli,
  • Antonio Gasbarrini,
  • Francesco Franceschi and
  • Andrea Piccioni

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, which has important repercussions on the health of the individual, mainly because of certain compounds it contains. Coffee consumption exerts significant influences on the entire body,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
344 Views
23 Pages

Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Chemical Characterisation of Coffee By-Products and Coffee

  • Antonela Ninčević Grassino,
  • Veronika Kovač,
  • Sandra Pedisić,
  • Marinko Petrović and
  • Zoran Zorić

11 February 2026

This study reports the effective reuse of coffee residues from roasting and brewing processes using microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of bioactive compounds. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed a significant impact (p < 0.001) on phenolic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,577 Views
19 Pages

Design and Production of an Instant Coffee Product Based on Greek Coffee Oil: Study of the Effect of Storage Conditions on Product Aroma and Quality

  • Efimia Dermesonlouoglou,
  • Vassiliki Palaioxari-Kampisiouli,
  • Dimitrios Tsimogiannis and
  • Petros Taoukis

The objective of this study was to obtain and evaluate a coffee aroma extract/oil with sensorial attributes close to the original brew of Greek coffee for use in an instant Greek coffee powder. The oil was obtained directly from commercial Greek coff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
509 Views
16 Pages

Validation of the Coffee Cuality™ Method for the Expert Assessment of Coffee Sensory Quality

  • Jean-Xavier Guinard,
  • Lik Xian Lim,
  • Benjamin Elliott and
  • Andrew Cotter

12 February 2026

The Coffee Cuality Method provides a comprehensive assessment of the sensory quality of coffee that includes an overall quality rating, just-about-right (JAR) scaling of select attributes, check-all-that-apply (CATA) selections from a list of sensory...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,171 Views
2 Pages

Coffee Leaves Valorization through a Metabolomic Approach

  • Davide Rovelli,
  • Ada Nucci,
  • Bianca Serito and
  • Chiara Dall’Asta

Coffee by-products, such as coffee leaves, are components of the coffee plant that remain underexplored. In recent years, driven by efforts from both the public and private sectors to pursue circular economy goals, there has been a resurgence in the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
10,995 Views
28 Pages

The Epigenetic Effects of Coffee

  • Qi Ding,
  • Yan-Ming Xu and
  • Andy T. Y. Lau

13 February 2023

In this review, we discuss the recent knowledge regarding the epigenetic effects of coffee extract and the three essential active ingredients in coffee (caffeine, chlorogenic acid, and caffeic acid). As a popular beverage, coffee has many active ingr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,395 Views
20 Pages

Microbial Characteristics and Functions in Coffee Fermentation: A Review

  • Xiaojing Shen,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Hongsheng Wang,
  • Guoqing Fang,
  • Ying Li,
  • Jilai Zhang and
  • Kunyi Liu

Based on coffee’s unique and fascinating flavor, coffee has become the most popular nonalcoholic drink in the world and is a significant agricultural economic crop in tropical- and subtropical-planted coffee countries and regions. It is also be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,928 Views
21 Pages

Enhanced Bioactive Coffee Cherry: Infusion of Submerged-Fermented Green Coffee Beans via Vacuum Impregnation

  • Pipat Tangjaidee,
  • Sukan Braspaiboon,
  • Naphatsawan Singhadechachai,
  • Suphat Phongthai,
  • Phatthanaphong Therdtatha,
  • Pornchai Rachtanapun,
  • Sarana Rose Sommano and
  • Phisit Seesuriyachan

27 March 2025

Submerged fermentation offers a controlled environment for coffee processing, ensuring a consistent temperature and aerobic–anaerobic conditions, making it a superior alternative to solid-state fermentation. This study aimed to optimize submerg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,278 Views
17 Pages

Fairtrade labeling has the potential to increase market efficiency by connecting farmers to altruistic consumers who are willing to pay a premium for sustainability-certified products. A requirement for increased efficiency, though, is that the farme...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,385 Views
8 Pages

Occurrence of Phthalate Esters in Coffee and Risk Assessment

  • Salvatore Velotto,
  • Jonathan Squillante,
  • Agata Nolasco,
  • Raffaele Romano,
  • Teresa Cirillo and
  • Francesco Esposito

5 March 2023

Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, is commercialized as powder and beans in different types of packaging and extracted through several methods. In this regard, the present study focused on evaluating the concentration of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,334 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Coffee on Sirtuin-1, Homocysteine, and Cholesterol of Healthy Adults: Does the Coffee Powder Matter?

  • Gustavo Henrique Ferreira Gonçalinho,
  • José Rafael de Oliveira Nascimento,
  • Bruno Mahler Mioto,
  • Reynaldo Vicente Amato,
  • Miguel Antonio Moretti,
  • Célia Maria Cassaro Strunz,
  • Luiz Antonio Machado César and
  • Antonio de Padua Mansur

25 May 2022

Background: Coffee is one of the most popular beverages globally and contains several bioactive compounds that are relevant to human health. Many nutritional strategies modulate sirtuin-1, thereby impacting aging and cardiometabolic health. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,044 Views
14 Pages

10 February 2021

Coffee silverskin and spent coffee have been evaluated in a neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y cells) against beauvericin (BEA) and α-zearalenol (α-ZEL)-induced cytotoxicity with different strategies of treatment. First, the direct treatment of mycotox...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,003 Views
20 Pages

Organic and Conventional Coffee Beans, Infusions, and Grounds as a Rich Sources of Phenolic Compounds in Coffees from Different Origins

  • Alicja Ponder,
  • Karol Krakówko,
  • Marcin Kruk,
  • Sebastian Kuliński,
  • Rafał Magoń,
  • Daniel Ziółkowski,
  • Elvyra Jariene and
  • Ewelina Hallmann

13 March 2025

Coffee is a beverage that contains a high concentration of bioactive compounds, particularly polyphenols. These compounds significantly contribute to the polyphenol intake in the diet and have been shown to have beneficial effects on consumer health....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,568 Views
19 Pages

Coffee kombucha beverages were developed by fermenting various coffee substrates, including instant coffee (I), coffee brews of ground coffee beans (G), and additional spent coffee added ground coffee (GSC) using either SCOBY (S) or Lactiplantibacill...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,900 Views
18 Pages

β-Mannanase Production Using Coffee Industry Waste for Application in Soluble Coffee Processing

  • Camila P. Favaro,
  • Ilton J. Baraldi,
  • Fernanda P. Casciatori and
  • Cristiane S. Farinas

4 February 2020

Soluble coffee offers the combined benefits of high added value and practicality for its consumers. The hydrolysis of coffee polysaccharides by the biochemical route, using enzymes, is an eco-friendly and sustainable way to improve the quality of thi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
185 Citations
35,236 Views
16 Pages

Antioxidant and Antiradical Activity of Coffee

  • Alexander Yashin,
  • Yakov Yashin,
  • Jing Yuan Wang and
  • Boris Nemzer

15 October 2013

This review summarizes published information concerning the determination of antioxidant activity (AA) in coffee samples by various methods (ORAC, FRAP, TRAP, TEAC, etc.) in vitro and limited data of antiradical activity of coffee products in vitro a...

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