NOVEL MICROORGANISM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING FRESH COFFEE BEANS BY USING THE SAME

Title:

NOVEL MICROORGANISM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING FRESH COFFEE BEANS BY USING THE SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/101195

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

It is intended to provide a novel microorganism whereby fermentation can be conducted without particularly restricting the fermentation conditions and a method of processing fresh coffee beans whereby a novel and high-quality flavor can be imparted to a coffee drink by a convenient procedure while neither causing an increase in the material cost nor requiring an additional processing step. A method of processing fresh coffee beans which involves the step of bringing a component to be fermented into contact with a microorganism and conducting the fermentation process in the presence of fresh coffee beans, wherein the microorganism employed in the fermentation step is a microorganism belonging to the genus Geotrichum.

Inventors:

YOMO HIDEKO (JP)
NAKAJIMA TOSHIHARU (JP)
YONEZAWA TAKESHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2006/305965

Publication Date:

September 28, 2006

Filing Date:

March 24, 2006

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SUNTORY LTD (JP)
YOMO HIDEKO (JP)
NAKAJIMA TOSHIHARU (JP)
YONEZAWA TAKESHI (JP)

International Classes:

A23F5/02; A23F5/04; A23F5/24; C12N1/14; C12N15/09

Foreign References:

JP2001178431A	2001-07-03
JPH11319789A	1999-11-24
JPH10113163A	1998-05-06
JPH04278072A	1992-10-02
JPH01112950A	1989-05-01
JPS517147A	1976-01-21

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