Moldy: Coffee may acquire a moldy taste if kept in poor conditions. Moldiness also depends on conditions during the pulping and cleaning of green beans.

 

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Moldy: Coffee may acquire a moldy taste if kept in poor conditions. Moldiness also depends on conditions during the pulping and cleaning of green beans.

Musty: An odor taint giving the coffee beans a moldy odor. Result of fats in coffee beans absorbing organic material from molds on or in contact with the coffee beans during the drying process. Oft . . . View Full Definition

Fermentation: The synthesis of ATP in the absence of oxygen through glycolysis.

Flavor Defects: Unpleasant flavor characteristics caused by problems during picking, processing (fruit removal), drying, sorting, storage, or transportation. Common defects include: excess numbers of immatu . . . View Full Definition

Foreign: A term that generally covers a number of imperfect flavors coming from contamination, for example, rubbery or moldy.