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Coffee Inspection and Testing

Industries serviced: Food & Agriculture

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Coffee Bean and ground-coffee quality and ingredient testing, inspection and certification services.

Intertek provides bulk coffee shipment inspection, certification and quality-control laboratory testing. Intertek coffee bean cargo testing and inspection help ensure bulk coffee buyers receive the correct quantity and quality of coffee beans ordered. Trained chemists with expertise in coffee testing operate modern analytical laboratories to international standards. The coffee laboratories analyze Robusta and Arabica varieties of coffee. Trained and professional field staff is located in key coffee producing and processing regions of the world.

Coffee Bean Cargo Inspection:

Coffee Beans Inspection, Testing Services include:

  • Sampling at randon minimum 10% per lot
  • Grade based on NY and or Le Havre standard
  • Quality for Brazilian Green Coffee Arabica and Robusta (Conillon) species.
  • Packing, marking inspection
  • Weighing 10% or 100%
  • Cup test
  • Loading/discharge supervision
  • Cleanliness inspection of vessel holds and containers.

Coffee Inspection Field Verification Work includes:

  • Prior to Coffee Cargo Loading and Stuffing:
  • Determination of the condition of the coffee and coffee packaging.
  • Determination of individual coffee package weight by random basis.
  • Ensure coffee storage containers are clean and dry, ready and fit for intended coffee cargo.
  • Photographic report

During Coffee Bag Loading and Stuffing:  

  • Inspectors count and tally each coffee cargo bag loaded and check condition.
  • After completion of coffee bag stuffing, storage doors are closed, fumigation by third parties is conducted, witnessed by Intertek coffee inspectors.

Coffee Laboratory Testing and Analysis: 

  • Chemical assessment of coffee
  • Pesticide residue testing
  • Heavy Metals testing

Intertek coffee experts analyses both volatile and non-volatile compounds, which directly effect a coffee's flavour, taste, colour, aroma and smell.

Coffee Quality Grading and Analysis:  

  • Cup test
  • Aroma and Flavor Profile
  • Detect Defective Coffee and Coffee Blends Taste
  • Roast test
  • Crop
  • Moisture content
  • Coffee Bean Defects for Grading include:
    • Black bean, Broken bean
    • Sour beans
    • Parchments, Shells, Quakers
    • Pod, Eaten, Unripe, Husks
    • Stones and Twigs
    • Bean size, use relevant screen
    • Pods, half-blacks, parchment, stones
    • Sticks, withered, unripe, bleached
    • Moldy and half-eaten
    • Others as per client's requirements

Coffee Inspection and Testing Locations: 

  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • Vietnam
  • West Africa
  • Indonesia
  • USA
  • And other locations, contact Intertek for more information for coffee related services.
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