%0 Journal Article
%T Electronic Nose for Quality Control of Colombian Coffee through the Detection of Defects in ¡°Cup Tests¡±
%A Juan Rodr¨ªguez
%A Cristhian Dur¨¢n
%A Adriana Reyes
%J Sensors
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s100100036
%X Electronic noses (ENs), are used for many applications, but we must emphasize the importance of their application to foodstuffs like coffee. This paper presents a research study about the analysis of Colombian coffee samples for the detection and classification of defects (i.e., using ¡°Cup Tests¡±), which was conducted at the Almacaf¨¦ quality control laboratory in C¨²cuta, Colombia. The results obtained show that the application of an electronic nose called ¡°A-NOSE¡±, may be used in the coffee industry for the cupping tests. The results show that e-nose technology can be a useful tool for quality control to evaluate the excellence of the Colombian coffee produced by National Federation of Coffee Growers.
%K quality control
%K Colombian coffee
%K chemical sensors
%K data acquisition
%K data processing
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/1/36