Treatment of extracts obtained by split extraction of coffee

A process for preparation of soluble coffee in powder form comprising:

• split extracting roast and ground coffee in an extraction system having an atmospheric extraction stage and a pressure extraction stage to obtain a first extract from the atmospheric stage and a second extract from the pressure stage;
• evaporatively concentrating the first extract to obtain a first concentrated extract having a dry matter concentration above 35% by weight and condensing and concentrating evaporation vapors to obtain an aroma-charged concentrate;
• evaporatively concentrating the second extract to increase a dry matter concentration of the second extract up to an amount below 25% by weight to obtain a second concentrated extract;
• mixing the first and second concentrated extracts to obtain an extract mixture;
• evaporatively concentration the extract mixture to obtain a concentrated extract mixture having a dry matter concentration of more than 40% by weight;
• introducing the aroma-charged concentrate into the concentrated extract mixture;
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• converting the aroma-charged concentrated extract mixture into a powder.