The 3rd Revision

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

VIETNAM STANDARD

GREEN COFFEE – SPECIFICATION

TCVN 4193-2001

Officially issued on Nov 05th, 2001

By Ministry of Science-Technology and Environtment

Introduced to all exporters and importers of Vietnam coffee

In Buon Me Thuot, Daklak Province on Dec. 19th, 2001
In Hochiminh City on Dec 21th, 2001
By Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Vicofa and Cafecontrol

Translated into English from Vietnamese version by Tran Ngoc Han

Dec 21th, 2001
 PREFACE

TCVN-4193-2001 to replace TCVN-4193-1993.

TCVN-4193-2001 is editted by Technical Standard Department

TCVN/TC/F16 – Coffee Bean, proposed by Vietnam General Bureau
for Standardization-Measurement-Quality and issued by Vietnam
Ministry of Science-Technology and Environment.
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VIETNAM STANDARD TCVN-4193-2001
3rd Revision

GREEN COFFEE – SPECIFICATION

1. Scope of application :

This standard specifies all technical requirements for green coffee applying
to both Arabica and Robusta coffee.

2. Reference standards :

TCVN-4334-2001 ( ISO-3509-1989 ) : coffee and its products – terms and

definitions.

TCVN-4807-2001 ( ISO-4150-1991 ) : green coffee – bean size analysis

with manual sieve

TCVN-5702-1993 : green coffee sampling

TCVN-6536-1999 ( ISO-1447-1978 ) : green coffee - determination of

moisture content ( routine method )

TCVN-6601-2000 ( ISO-6667-1985 ) : green coffee – determination of

proportion of insect-damaged beans.

TCVN-6602-2000 ( ISO-8455-1986 ) : green coffee in bags – guide to

storage and transport.

3. Terms and definitions :

This standard applies to terms and conditions of TCVN-4334-2001 ( ISO-

3509-1989 ).
4. Technical Requirements :

4.1. Quality classification :

Green coffee is classified in 6 grades :

- special grade
- grade 1
- grade 2
- grade 3
- grade 4
- grade 5

4.2 . Color : natural color of each type of green coffee

4.3 . Smell : natural smell of the green coffee without strange/foreign odour
4.4 . Moisture : moisture when delivery is taken placed in Vietnam must not
exceed 13 % as per TCVN-6536-1999 ( ISO-1447 )
4.5 . Restriction on mixture with other kinds of coffee beans
( see chart 1 ).

Chart 1 : Restriction on mixture of other kinds of coffee beans

Kind of Special Grade & Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 & Grade 4

coffee

Arabica Robusta and Excelsa not Robusta : 1 % max. Robusta : 5 % max.

allowed Excelsa : 0.5 % max Excelsa : 1 % max.

Robusta Excelsa : 0.5 % max. Excelsa : 1 % max. Excelsa : 5 % max.

Arabica : 3 % max. Arabica : 5 % max. Arabica : 5 % max.
4.6. Type of defects and defect count ( see chart 2 ) :
Chart 2 : Defect count

Type of defect Defect counted Max. per 300 grs

A B C
1 (one) black bean 1.0
1 (one) dark brown bean 0.2
1 (one) dried cherry 1.0
1 (one) bean in parchment 0.5
1 (one) fermented bean 1.0 5 beans
1 (one) moldy bean 1.0 5 beans
1 (one) half black bean 0.5
1 (one) immature bean 0.2
1 (one) withered bean 0.5
1 (one) bleached/spongy bean 0.2
1 (one) hollow bean 0.2
1 (one) infested bean with one 0.1
hole
1 (one) infested bean with two or 0.2
more holes
1 (one) spotted bean 0.1
1 (one) broken bean with 0.1
remaining size from ½ to ¾ of the
orignal bean
1 (one) broken bean with 0.2
remaining size less than ½ of the
original bean
1 (one) big piece of husk with 1.0
remaining size of more than ¾ of
the original husk
1 (one) medium piece of husk with 0.5
remaining size from ½ to ¾ of the
original husk
1 (one) small piece of husk with 0.2
remaining size less than ½ of the
original husk
1 (one) bean with max. 30% of 0.05
silver skin ( wet processed coffee )
1 (one) big piece of parchment 0.2
with remaining size as or bigger
than ½ of the original parchment
1 (one ) small piece of parchment 0.1
with remaining size less than ½ of
the original parchment
1 (one) big stick of 2-4 cm length 3.0
1 (one) medium stick of 1-2 cm 2.0
length
1 (one) small stick of less than 1 1.0
cm length
1 (one) big piece of earth or stone 3.0
( on screen no. 20 )
1 (one) medium piece of earth or 2.0
stone ( below screen no. 20 but
above screen no. 12 )
1 (one) small piece of earth or 1.0
stone ( below screen no. 12 )
Other foreign matters (apart from
the above listed foreign matters):
a. of net weight below 0.5 gram 1.0
b. of net weight 0.5-1 gram 2.0
c. of net weight above 1 gram, for 3.0
every gram

5. Maxium defects allowed for each grade and minimum bean sizes
stipulation :

Maxium defects allowed per 300 grams of green coffee sample and
minimum bean sizes are stipulated hereunder by chart 3 :

Chart 3 : Grades of green coffee bean

Grade Maxium defects per 300 gr Minimum bean size Stipulation
For Arabica For Robusta Screen (*)
For Arabica For Robusta %
Special Grade 15 30 No.18/No.16 No.18/No.16 90/10

Grade 1 30 60 No16/No.14 No.16/No.12 ½ 90/10

Grade 2 60 90 No.12 ½ /No.12 No.12 ½/No.12 90/10

Grade 3 120 150 No.12/No.10 No.12/No.10 90/10

Grade 4 150 250 No stipulation

Grade 5 no stipulation no stipulation No stipulation

(*) Screen with round holes as per Annex A of TCVN-4807-2001 ( ISO-

4150-1991 )

Screen number Diameter of hole ( mm )

No. 10 4.00
No. 12 4.75
No. 12 ½ 5.00
No. 14 5.60
No. 15 6.00
No. 16 6.30
No. 17 6.70
No. 18 7.10
No. 19 7.50
No. 20 8.00

Note : Screen No. 12 ½ equals to Screen No. 13 previously issued by ISO

6. Testing Methods :

6.1. Sampling : as per TCVN-5702-1993

6.2. Determination of proportion of insect-damaged beans : as per TCVN-
6601-2000 ( ISO-6667-1985 )
6.3. Bean size determination : as per TCVN-4807-2001 ( ISO-4150-
1991 )

7. Packing, marking, storage and transportation : as per TCVN-6602-

2000 ( ISO-8445-1986 ).

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