Coffee News: Tasters a key cog in coffee pleasure

"Not a very appetizing thought perhaps, but taste testing is a critical component in how your morning cup of coffee gets from the coffee plantation to the breakfast table or your local convenience store.
And a small Burlington business is the gatekeeper for a number of clients, including Dunkin' Donuts, to ensure the coffee meets the highest quality standards.
Tucked away in a small building on College Street, Coffee Analysts does the sample testing for all Dunkin' Donuts' coffee in the United States and abroad, which is a whole lot of beans - 30 cups of coffee a second, 2.8 million cups a day or 1 billion cups a year are sold by Dunkin' Donuts worldwide.
To ensure their coffee meets the highest quality standards, Massachusetts-based Dunkin' Donuts hired Coffee Analysts to test a sample of every shipment of coffee before it reaches the consumer."
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Posted by Jennifer at July 18, 2005 6:10 PM