COFFEE COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF INSTANT FREEZE-DRIED COFFEE AND REGULAR ROASTED FINE GROUND COFFEE WITH THE TASTE AND AROMA OF FRESHLY BREWED COFFEE, AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION
The invention concerns the food industry, in particular, to instant freeze-dried coffee production technology, and can be used in coffee production industry. The final coffee composition based on freeze-dried coffee containing regular roasted fine ground coffee inside freeze-dried granules, has organoleptic profile of freshly brewed regular ground coffee, whereat having no need of brewing in comparison with the latter. In the described methods, regular roasted fine ground coffee of one variety or as mixture of varieties, depending on the requested organoleptic profile of the final product, are incorporated in concentrated liquid coffee extract before freeze-drying. The coffee composition and the method, in accordance with the invention, allow to expand the freeze-dried coffee assortment by incorporating the non-soluble in water food additives within one processing cycle.