To obtain roasted coffee retaining the increase of extracted coffee amount of rapidly roasted coffee and having an increase in a package/head space/methylmercaptan content and to provide a method for roasting coffee.
This method for roasting coffee comprises (a) at a first stage, bringing raw coffee beans into contact with a heated roasting gas for 5-15 minutes until the raw coffee beans are roasted into 30-50 Lu roasting color, (b) at a second stage, bringing the coffee beans heated by the first stage into contact with a heated roasting gas for 0.3-3.5 minutes to give roasted coffee beans having 4-19 roasting color and (c) rapidly cooling the roasted coffee beans, stopping roasting to give roasted coffee having 0.27-0.38 density and 4-19 Lu roasting color.
RERNGSAMAI NIPHON
HAYES DENNIS FRANCIS
MOFFORD EDMUND FRANK
DABDOUB CHANTAL