| 摘要 |
<p>A process is provided herein for making a coffee product from whole coffee cherries. The process comprises the steps of: (a) applying a compressional force to the whole coffee cherries of sufficient magnitude to dehydrate the cherries to a selected degree; (b) comminuting the dehydrated cherries into particles; (c) roasting the particles to provide an intermediate brewable coffee product of enhanced shelf life; and (d) hydrating the intermediate brewable coffee product and subsequently evaporating same to provide a smokable coffee product. These steps provide a process by which whole coffee cherries may be treated selectively and in controllable time frames to produce either a beverage base or a smokable coffee product and in which the beverage base has a sufficiently indefinite shelf life to provide to the producer a valuable economic choice with regard to whether or not the end product shall be a beverage base or a smokable product thereby to provide him with a powerful economic tool in the world market.</p> |
