Coffee Fermentation Using Pichia Kluyveri and Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsEmil ERIKSSON, Sofie SAERENS
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Abstract
The present invention is in the field of food technology. It relates to methods for producing coffee beans, coffee beverages and coffee-based products, characterized in that at fermentation is carried out by inoculating coffee cherries with Pichia kluyveri and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. The invention provides starter cultures and uses thereof for fermenting coffee plant material, as well as fermented coffee beans prepared according to methods described herein.
Claims15
A method for producing coffee beans comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plant material comprising coffee cherries,
- b) inoculating the plant material using Pichia kluyveri starter culture,
- c) inoculating the plant material using Lactiplantibacillus plantarum starter culture,
- d) fermenting the plant material to obtain fermented coffee material, and
- e) processing the fermented coffee material to obtain coffee beans,
- wherein step b) and c) are carried out at the same time or separately.
Coffee beans fermented with Pichia kluyveri and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum.
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