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Seven Practices for good quality Siete Prácticas para una buena calidad

How to Cite
Peñuela, A. E. (2020). Seven Practices for good quality. Proceedings of Cenicafe´s Scientific Seminar, 71(1), e71136. https://doi.org/10.38141/10795/71136




Keywords
Calidad de recolección

Proceso de café

Clasificación de café

Fermaestro®

Gravimet

Control de humedad

Secado solar y mecánico

Qualidade da colheita

processo do café

classificação de café

Fermaestro®

Gravimet

controle de umidade

secagem solar e mecânica

Harvest quality

Coffee process

Coffee classification

Fermaestro®

Gravimet

Humidity control

Solar and mechanical drying

Sectión
Post-harvest
Aída Esther Peñuela

Summary

The objective of postharvest coffee is to maintain the quality of the product so that it is preserved in the transformation process up to its consumption. The strategy More Agronomy, More Productivity, More Quality of the National Federation of Coffee Growers, proposes the use of seven (7) practices during processing and drying to obtain good quality coffee and reduce the risk of deterioration. The practices are based on the recommendations and technologies that have been developed in Cenicafé throughout the history of the Postharvest discipline and that are easily applied in Colombian coffee farms. Recommendations and technologies are included from the collection and receipt of coffee at the coffee processing plant, to transportation and storage. The seven key practices can be used and appropriate in coffee farms regardless of the amount of coffee that is processed, since they apply to small or large quantities of coffee. To maintain coffee quality during the different stages of the process, each of them must be carried out according to the recommendations to avoid deterioration. The need to maintain coffee mass homogeneity to facilitate the monitoring of the stages, as well as the proper operation and maintenance of the equipment that is in contact with the coffee during the transformation, having adequate criteria for monitoring the completion of key stages such as fermentation and drying and the care after obtaining the stable product for commercialization is highlighted.

Aída Esther Peñuela, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café

Investigador Científico I, Poscosecha