Fermentation (Apr 2021)

Utilizing Coffee Pulp and Mucilage for Producing Alcohol-Based Beverage

  • Yadav KC,
  • Raju Subba,
  • Lila Devi Shiwakoti,
  • Pramesh Kumar Dhungana,
  • Rishikesh Bajagain,
  • Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary,
  • Bhoj Raj Pant,
  • Tirtha Raj Bajgai,
  • Janardan Lamichhane,
  • Sampada Timilsina,
  • Jitendra Upadhyaya,
  • Ram Hari Dahal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation7020053
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 2
p. 53

Abstract

Read online

Coffee pulp, mucilage, and beans with mucilage were used to develop alcoholic beverages. The pulp of 45.3% pulp, 54.7% mucilage with seed, and 9.4% mucilage only were obtained during the wet processing of coffee. Musts were prepared for all to TSS (Total soluble solid) 18 °Bx and fermentation was carried out for 12–16 days until TSS decreased to 5 °Bx at 30 °C. Phenolic characteristics, chromatic structures, chemical parameters, and sensory characteristics were analyzed for the prepared alcoholic beverages. Methanol content, ester content, aldehyde, alcohol, total acidity, caffeine, polyphenols, flavonoids, chromatic structure, and hue of the alcoholic beverage from the pulp was 335 mg/L, 70.58 ppm, 9.15 ppm, 8.86 ABV%, 0.41%, 30.94 ppm, 845.7 mg GAE/g dry extract, 440.7 mg QE/g dry extract, 0.41, and 1.71, respectively. An alcoholic beverage from the pulp was found superior to an alcoholic beverage from mucilage with beans and a beverage from mucilage in sensory analysis. There is the possibility of developing fermented alcoholic beverages from coffee pulp and mucilage. However, further research is necessary for quality of the beans that were obtained from the fermentation with the mucilage.

Keywords