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Table 2 Key aroma compounds in six R&G coffees as analysed by four analytical approaches (coffee brew and R&G coffee headspace, coffee brew and R&G coffee concentration, normalised by method to the Costa Rica preparation)

From: Discrimination of roast and ground coffee aroma

 

Coffee Brew LLE GC-MS

 

Costa

Espresso

Java

Daterra

Kenya

Colombian

E, E-2, 4-Decadienal

100

48

57

64

75

53

2,3-Pentanedione

100

71

65

89

93

101

2-Acetylpyrazine

100

74

70

81

79

63

2-Acetylpyridine

100

77

76

82

88

69

2-Ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine

100

94

86

89

81

61

2-Methylbutanal

100

91

70

70

101

69

3-Methylbutanal

100

87

65

70

97

64

2-Methylbutanoic acid

100

84

126

71

106

135

3-Methylbutanoic acid

100

96

91

78

115

169

Furfural

100

68

79

74

95

125

Furfurylmethylsulphide

100

77

55

67

79

52

Guaiacol

100

167

116

87

114

79

Maltol

100

1064

988

977

1042

859

Phenylacetaldehyde

100

91

75

76

93

78

Trimethylpyrazine

100

83

84

82

86

80

 

Coffee Brew SPME TOF

 

Costa

Espresso

Java

Daterra

Kenya

Colombian

E, E-2, 4-Decadienal

100

21

185

194

181

175

2,3-Pentanedione

100

76

58

90

91

73

2-Acetylpyrazine

100

53

35

66

5

49

2-Acetylpyridine

100

449

139

110

113

0

2-Ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine

100

2

90

87

58

91

2-Methylbutanal

100

100

94

86

76

108

3-Methylbutanal

100

89

70

83

204

298

2-Methylbutanoic acid

100

234

224

130

424

160

3-Methylbutanoic acid

100

102

102

87

196

150

Furfural

100

101

101

109

135

106

Furfurylmethylsulphide

100

114

91

115

1580

78

Guaiacol

100

193

123

94

82

118

Maltol

100

84

122

79

88

131

Phenylacetaldehyde

100

105

84

91

83

97

Trimethylpyrazine

100

95

88

92

72

95

 

Roast and Ground Coffee MASE GC-MS

 

Costa

Espresso

Java

Daterra

Kenya

Colombian

E, E-2, 4-Decadienal

100

120

98

79

72

114

2,3-Pentanedione

100

78

74

109

112

112

2-Acetylpyrazine

100

93

87

101

65

97

2-Acetylpyridine

100

96

87

85

69

104

2-Ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine

100

103

89

84

48

89

2-Methylbutanal

100

92

80

90

72

121

3-Methylbutanal

100

91

74

92

68

111

2-Methylbutanoic acid

100

99

176

53

135

117

3-Methylbutanoic acid

100

112

111

70

183

104

Furfural

100

84

102

91

144

120

Furfurylmethylsulphide

100

105

78

79

52

94

Guaiacol

100

186

122

82

68

123

Maltol

100

117

105

91

72

100

Phenylacetaldehyde

100

103

80

72

68

105

Trimethylpyrazine

100

100

96

96

67

103

 

Roast and Ground Coffee SPME TOF

 

Costa

Espresso

Java

Daterra

Kenya

Colombian

E, E-2, 4-Decadienal

100

141

134

82

161

150

2,3-Pentanedione

100

167

100

25

211

184

2-Acetylpyrazine

100

48

323

19

296

26

2-Acetylpyridine

100

398

149

107

197

169

2-Ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine

100

92

87

109

376

134

2-Methylbutanal

100

149

81

33

88

142

3-Methylbutanal

100

147

76

28

86

138

2-Methylbutanoic acid

100

141

197

3

262

172

3-Methylbutanoic acid

100

152

136

10

284

165

Furfural

100

140

152

48

256

178

Furfurylmethylsulphide

100

89

61

48

51

66

Guaiacol

100

252

170

49

121

161

Maltol

100

104

107

1

121

116

Phenylacetaldehyde

100

139

100

97

173

148

Trimethylpyrazine

100

186

146

18

114

146