PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method that makes it possible to produce coffee raw beans and roasted coffee beans with an enhanced sweet flavor and an improved flavor by applying treatment to coffee raw beans, and provide a method for modifying low-quality coffee raw beans, such as robusta, coffee raw beans of higher quality having a good flavor after roasting.SOLUTION: A coffee raw bean has a content of β-damascenone of 5 ppb or more in solid content.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】コーヒー生豆に処理を施すことにより、甘い香りが増強され、香味が向上したコーヒー生豆及び焙煎コーヒー豆を製造することができる方法、及び、ロブスタ種のような低品質のコーヒー生豆を、焙煎後に香味がよい、より高品質なコーヒー生豆に改質する方法を提供すること。【解決手段】固形分中のβ-ダマセノン含量が、5ppb以上であるコーヒー生豆。【選択図】なし
