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shrinkage unspecified sense

concept · 5 mentions

loss of mass during the roasting process

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shrinkagefalse claims — 1 shared claimwatering in the cylinder at the close of the roast — 1 shared claimsoaking coffee with water — 1 shared claimgreen-coffee — 1 shared claimfalse claimswatering in the cyl…soaking coffee with…green-coffee
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William H. Ukers (author)

  • shrinkage offers opportunities for false claims in roasting processes false claims ⟨in roasting⟩
    assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500
    The loss of coffee in weight in the roasting operation, or shrinkage as it is called, is a matter which offers opportunities for false claims of advantage in roasting processes
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote provided matches the text: 'The loss of coffee in weight in the roasting operation, or shrinkage as it is called, is a matter which offers opportunities for false claims of advantage in roasting processes.' The subject, predicate, and perspective are all accurately captured from the passage without added outside knowledge or over-generalization.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (who presents this as an explicit claim about roasting practices). The stance is accurately 'asserts' as the passage states this as fact. The sentiment 'negative' appropriately captures the passage's critical framing of these 'false claims.' The time qualifiers are correctly null since the passage provides no temporal scope. The context 'in roasting' accurately reflects the passage's restriction of this claim to the roasting operation. The quote is verbatim and directly supports the claim about shrinkage offering opportunities for false claims.
  • soaking coffee with water is practice abused to reduce shrinkage
    assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500
    a practice which is sometimes abused by soaking the coffee with water so as to reduce the shrinkage
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage. The text explicitly states that adding water to coffee 'is a practice which is sometimes abused by soaking the coffee with water so as to reduce the shrinkage,' which directly matches the subject, predicate, and object of the claim.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (implicit authorial stance in the technical text). The stance 'asserts' accurately reflects the declarative framing. The sentiment 'negative' correctly matches the passage's characterization of the practice as 'abused.' The time qualifiers are appropriately null since the passage provides no temporal scope. The context is correctly empty as no specific sense restriction applies. The quote appears verbatim and directly supports the claim about soaking coffee to reduce shrinkage.
  • green coffee shrinks during roasting shrinkage ⟨in quantities from sixty pounds up to three hundred pounds⟩
    assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500
    Showing shrinkage in roasting of raw coffee in quantities from sixty pounds up to three hundred pounds, and at six different shrinkage percentages
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The subtitle explicitly indicates 'Showing shrinkage in roasting of raw coffee in quantities from sixty pounds up to three hundred pounds, and at six different shrinkage percentages,' which directly confirms that green coffee shrinks during roasting in the specified quantities.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is mostly faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed (the subtitle identifies the table as "Compiled by R.C. Wilhelm, New York", so "author" is appropriate rather than naming a specific source). The stance and sentiment are accurate. The time qualifiers are correctly null since the passage provides no temporal information. The context accurately reflects the passage's specification of quantity ranges. However, there is a minor issue with quote fidelity: the quote provided is accurate but represents the subtitle rather than a direct statement by the author, and the claim's predicate "shrinks during roasting" is a reasonable inference from "shrinkage in roasting" but involves slight rewording. The substantive content matches the passage faithfully, warranting a score above 0.7.

roasting industry practice

  • watering in the cylinder at the close of the roast recovers only about four percent of shrinkage shrinkage
    assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500
    Where coffees are watered in the cylinder at the close of the roast to reduce the shrinkage, it is possible to get back only about four percent of the shrinkage by such treatment and the practise is frowned upon by the best roasters
    judge verdicts (4)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The quote provided is a verbatim excerpt that explicitly asserts that watering in the cylinder at the close of the roast recovers only about four percent of the shrinkage, which is presented negatively as a reason the practice is frowned upon by best roasters.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.60 fail — The viewpoint qualifier is incorrect. The passage does not express this as the author's original assertion; rather, it presents it as a general statement about what 'it is possible' to achieve. More critically, the sentiment qualifier is problematic. While the passage frames watering at close of roast negatively (frowned upon, limited benefit of only 4%), the claim's predicate 'recovers' paired with 'about four percent' could be misread as a neutral or even slightly positive framing of a recovery, when the passage intends to emphasize the inadequacy and disapproval of the practice. The viewpoint should reflect that this is a statement of technical fact about roasting outcomes rather than attributed to a named source as 'author,' and the sentiment should more clearly convey the passage's disapprobation of the practice itself.
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote provided matches the source text, which explicitly states that watering coffee in the cylinder at the close of the roast recovers only about four percent of shrinkage and that this practice is frowned upon by the best roasters.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.95 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint 'roasting industry practice' appropriately represents the general roasting industry perspective discussed. The stance 'asserts' correctly reflects the declarative statement in the passage. The sentiment 'negative' accurately captures the passage's disapproving tone ('frowned upon by the best roasters'). The time qualifiers are correctly set to null as the passage provides no specific temporal scope. The context is appropriately empty as no particular sense restriction applies. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports all claim elements. Minor note: the claim could have specified 'best roasters' viewpoint more precisely, but 'roasting industry practice' is not unfaithful to this attribution.