Sensory lexicon of brewed coffee for Japanese consumers, untrained coffee professionals and trained coffee tasters

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 917-939

  Hayakawa, Fumiyo ^a   Kazami, Yukari ^a   Wakayama, Hideto ^b   Oboshi, Rutsu ^c   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^d   Maeda, Gou ^e   Hoshino, Chiaki ^e   Iwawaki, Hidekazu ^f   Miyabayashi, Tetsuo ^g  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Ajinomoto General Foods Inc   (Japan)

^c Art Coffee Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Key Coffee Inc   (Japan)

^e Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^f Unicafe Inc   (Japan)

^g Doutor Coffee Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREWED COFFEE; CONSUMER EDUCATION; DESCRIPTORS; MOUTHFEEL; RECOGNITION CRITERION; SENSORY EVALUATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650057155     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2010.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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