Attribute |
KSA Light |
KSA Dark |
UAE |
Arabic Coffee |
Color |
4.0 ± 1.4a |
4.7 ± 1.5ab |
5.5 ± 1.3b |
7.7 ± 2.2c |
Cloudiness |
7.7 ± 2.3a |
8.2 ± 1.7ab |
9.4 ± 1.7b |
10.7 ± 1.3c |
Roasted aroma |
6.5 ± 1.7a |
5.6 ± 1.8a |
6.3 ± 2.1a |
6.8 ± 2.3a |
Sourness |
1.1 ± 0.9a |
1.4 ± 0.6a |
0.8± 0.8a |
2.2 ± 2.1a |
Bitterness |
6.6 ± 2.7a |
6.6 ± 3.0a |
5.6 ± 2.5a |
8.9 ± 2.8b |
Coffee flavor |
7.7 ± 2.5a |
7.1 ± 2.6a |
7.1 ± 2.3a |
9.9 ± 2.0b |
Overall quality |
7.8 ± 2.1a |
9.3 ± 1.6ab |
8.7 ± 2.0a |
10.9 ± 2.2b |
*A 15-cm hedonic scale was used, where zero indicates the absence of intensity,
and fifteen corresponds to an extreme intensity. Values are Mean ± SD of records
by 10 panelists. Means within the same raw having different superscripts are
significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 |