Quality Control
The market for coffee is one of the largest beverage-related markets in the world. It must accommodate many individual preferences, such as strength of brew, darkness of roast and overall flavor. Depending on your needs, Coffee Analysts can design programs for analysis of green, roasted, and brewed coffee, and develop a product standard for your target market. We then codify these standards to create a measurable physical and taste profile.
Regular testing and analysis help to maintain the product at the desired standard. All information is kept confidential in Coffee Analysts’ database for future comparison and trend analysis. As consumer preferences evolve or product availability and prices vary, the standard may need to be changed. Coffee Analysts can help you to determine the direction of change.
What follows is a general outline of a Quality Control program:
Set Quality Standards:
- Characteristics of the product
- Parameters well delineated
- Directly measurable or not measurable
- Range of acceptable measurements
Testing to set standards:
- Monitoring of variance or changes in quality
- In spec, out of spec, marginal: magnitude of difference
- Timeliness of testing
- Response to out-of-spec products
Degree of testing necessary:
- Determine the level of sampling that will best reflect the entire population
- Statistical significance of number of samples
Efficient use of resources:
- Regular evaluation of quality control program for effectiveness
- Regular evaluation of quality control data for trend analysis and patterns
- Optimization of testing resources
- Monitoring of detailed attributes without full analysis
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