The easy-to-use ColorFlex EZ Coffee is specifically built to meet and exceed your needs in measuring the color of roasted coffee grounds. It makes it easy to define the degree of roasting. Coffee color scales provided in firmware include: HunterLab Coffee Color Index (HCCI), SCAA Number & SCAA Roast Classification.
The ColorFlex EZ Coffee provides the measurement data needed to ensure consistent batch-to-batch production quality. Coffee color scales provided in firmware include: HunterLab Coffee Color Index (HCCI), SCAA Number & SCAA Roast Classification. In addition to its specialized coffee measuring ability, the ColorFlex EZ Coffee can also measure the reflected color of a wide range of non-coffee samples - liquids, semi-solids, powders, and solids using standard Hunter L,a,b color and CIE L*a*b* colorimetric and spectral data indices. Every ColorFlex EZ Coffee instrument is ready to immediately start measuring coffee color values, and includes: ColorFlex EZ Coffee instrument, Complete set of calibration & diagnostic tiles, Coffee tile for performance qualification, 1 sleeve of plastic coffee sample dishes and backed up by the finest customer support in the industry.
Measurement Principle: Port up or Port forward dual-beam benchtop spectrophotometer
Geometry: Directional annular 45° illumination / 0° viewing
Spectrophotometer: Sealed optics; 256-element diode array and a high resolution concave holographic grating
Port Diameter/View Diameter: 31.8 mm (1.25 in) illuminated/ 25.4 mm (1 in) measured
Specular Component: Excluded
Spectral Range: 400 nm - 700 nm
Spectral Resolution: < 3 nm
Effective Bandwidth: 10 nm equivalent triangular
Reporting Interval: 10 nm
Photometric Range: 0 to 150 %
Light Source: Pulsed Xenon Lamp
Flashes per Measurement: 1 flash
Lamp Life: > 1 million flashes
Measurement Time: < 1 second from button push to measurement 2 seconds from button push to data display
Minimum Interval Between Measurements: 3 seconds
Standards Conformance: CIE 15:2004, ISO 7724/1, ASTM E1164, DIN 5033, Teil 7 and JIS Z 8722 Condition C
Standards Traceability: Instrument standard assignment in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following practices described in CIE Publication 44 and ASTM E259