Study of physical quality and quality of cup of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in two growing areas of the province of Sandia harvest 2019

Abstract

Coffee in Peru is the first agricultural export product for which the quality of the coffee is of utmost importance to compete with other coffee producing countries, among the coffee growing areas in Peru is the province of Sandia located in the Puno region this area is characterized by having a good quality coffee. The objective is to determine the physical quality and the quality of the cup of coffee from two cultivation areas of the province of Sandia, department of Puno, the methodology used to determine the physical quality consisted in determining the moisture content of the coffee bean , the mesh number used to determine the size of the coffee bean and the number of defects found in a certain sample of coffee and to determine the quality of the cup of coffee, the methodology designed by the Association of Specialty Coffee of America was used. Regarding physical quality, variations of defects were reported at 950 m.a.s.l. from 1 to 30 defects were found in the coffee and between 1320 to 1340 m.a.s.l. There are between 5 and 25 coffee defects, in the quality of the coffee cup in an area located at 950 m.a.s.l. scores of 83.75 points were obtained with a very good classification and in the area between 1320 to 1340 m.s.n.m. a score of 86.50 points was obtained with a rating of excellent.