Research Article

Cascade Control of Coffee Roasting Degree in a Spouted Bed Batch Process Based on a Real-Time Imaging Analysis

Table 1

Mean colour attained in the final product for medium and dark coffee.

Roasting degreeStatistics

Medium roastingMean23.41  0.228.28  0.4912.15  0.67
STD0.210.660.64
Dark roastingMean17.44  0.486.32  0.288.22  0.40
STD0.350.270.38