Verification of Coffee Product Form and Determination of Conversion Rate From Coffee Dried Berries to Green Coffee Beans (GCB)

Year: 2022       Vol.: 71       No.: 2      

Authors: Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D., Divina Gracia L. Del Prado, Ph.D., Vivian R. Ilarina, Rachel C. Lacsa, Manuela S. Nalugon, Abella A. Regala, Marivic C. De Luna, and Ray Francis B. De Castro

Abstract:

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) collects, generates, and releases production data on coffee in the form of dried berries from the results of the Crops Production Survey. In the computation of the Supply Utilization Accounts and Food Balance Sheet for coffee, the coffee form used is green coffee beans (GCB), using a conversion rate of 28 percent from dried berries to GCB. However, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Coffee Organization (ICO) use a 50 percent conversion rate from dried berries to GCB. The common form of coffee traded by farmers and the conversion rate from dried berries to GCB were investigated through consultations with traders, processors, and other stakeholders; and surveys with coffee farmers and traders as respondents. The results of this study show that the common form of coffee traded by farmers is GCB, and the average conversion rate from dried berries to GCB is 50 percent.

Keywords: fresh berries, field visits, survey, processors, experiment, percent recovery

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