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ground coffee shall be made from Arabica and/or Robusta coffee beans. The ground coffee may include but is not limited to beans grown in Brazil, Colombia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Central America, Mexico, or Kenya. Type IV, liquid coffee extracts shall be produced from only roasted green coffee beans and water with the exception of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) preservatives to ensure the quality of the finished product. All coffee beans used shall be prepared from the current or previous year's crop. Green coffee beans are defined as the dried coffee seed (no less than Grade 8 as measured by the procedure of the FDA Technical Bulletin Number 5 - Macroanalytical Procedures Manual, Chapter V, 1984; electronic version 1998) commercially free from external layers such as: skin, hull, pulp, mucilage, parchment, and silver skin. Single types or blends of coffee beans shall be of such growths and grade as to produce an end product cup quality specified in Sec. 6.5.3. The green coffee beans shall be processed without fermentation.
6.2 Dehydrated product.
6.2.1 Appearance.
6.2.1.1 Type I. Soluble spray dried coffee shall be a spray-dried powder.
6.2.1.2 Type II. Soluble spray dried agglomerated coffee shall be spray-dried particles agglomerated to form a granular appearing product.
6.2.1.3 Type III. Soluble freeze dried coffee shall be a freeze dried coffee with a granular appearance.
6.2.1.4 Type IV. Liquid coffee extract shall be a concentrated coffee in liquid or frozen form.
6.2.2 Texture. Types I, II, and III soluble coffee shall be free flowing, and free from lumps which do not compress with light pressure. Type IV soluble coffee shall have a smooth texture.
6.3 Hydrated product.
6.3.1 Dispersability. Types I, II, and III soluble coffee shall be smooth, free from discernible lumps and sediment free. The soluble coffee shall fully dissolve in hot or cold water with constant stirring and show no evidence of undissolved floating particles.
6.3.2 Color. The prepared coffee beverage shall have a typical brownish-black coffee color.
6.3.3 Flavor and aroma. When prepared as directed on the package, the soluble coffee shall have a characteristic coffee flavor and aroma, and be free from objectionable flavor and/or odor.
6.4 Bid sample. Unless otherwise specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, a bid sample shall be submitted and evaluated for conformance to Sections 6.3.1, 6.3.2, and 6.3.3.
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