National Standard Released for Baoshan Arabica Coffee

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): BAOSHAN, Oct. 14 — Reporters learned from the Baoshan Institute of Inspection and Testing that the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administratio…

BAOSHAN, Oct. 14 — Reporters learned from the Baoshan Institute of Inspection and Testing that the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China have recently approved the release of the recommended national standard “Geographical Indication Product Quality Requirements: Baoshan Arabica Coffee”.

The standard was drafted by the Baoshan Institute of Inspection and Testing together with the Baoshan Administration for Market Regulation, the China National Institute of Standardization and the Tropical and Subtropical Economic Crops Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It is the first national standard in Baoshan’s coffee sector.

Covering the full Baoshan arabica value chain, the standard systematically defines the scope of the origin, the growing environment, and requirements for cultivation management and processing. It establishes a grading and evaluation system for green-bean sensory quality and physicochemical indicators, dividing product into three grades — super, grade one and grade two — and sets quantified provisions across ten sensory dimensions (dry aroma, wet aroma, flavour and others) and seven physicochemical indicators (particle size, moisture, water extract, caffeine and others). It unifies the basis on which Baoshan arabica quality is evaluated and tested. The standard also pioneers a national standard method for coffee sensory analysis, specifying laboratory conditions, evaluation procedures and scoring rules.

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