New procedures for determination of acids in coffee extracts, and observations on the development of acidity upon

Giancarlo Verardo1, Federico Cecconi, Paola Geatti

  • 1Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Udine, Italy. gverardo@tin.dstc.uniud.it

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