US Patent Issued to Saltwinds Coffee on Aug. 11 for "Treatment processes and systems for improving the taste characteristic of green coffee beans" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,143, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Saltwinds Coffee Co. Ltd. (Douglas, Canada).

"Treatment processes and systems for improving the taste characteristic of green coffee beans" was invented by Laura Amanda Richard (Douglas, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment processes and systems for improving the taste characteristic of green coffee beans are disclosed. One of the treatment processes includes a) providing an aqueous solution of water and inorganic salt, the aqueous solution having a salt concentration of at least 0.1 mol/L; b) exposing the green coffee beans to the aqueous solution until a mass of the green coffee be...