Pattern recognition procedures have been applied to samples of roasted
coffee. Some of them are torrefacto samples, that is coffee roasted w
ith addition of sugar. Principal component analysis, cluster analysis,
linear discriminant analysis, soft independent modelling of class ana
logies, and Spearman correlation studies have been carried out. Caffei
ne, aqueous extract, amino acids, polyphenols, 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfur
al, potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium have bee
n used as chemical descriptors.