use of butter or lard in roasting unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• use of butter or lard in roasting is not as common as formerly
  assertspositivesource: coffee-pg28500

  this is not so common as formerly

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly says 'Years ago, it was the practise to use butter or lard to improve the appearance of the bean in roasting; but this is not so common as formerly.' The claim accurately captures this statement without adding 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 makes this observation in the main text. The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the passage states this as fact, not dispute. The sentiment 'positive' is correct as reducing the use of butter or lard is presented favorably in the context of improved coffee roasting practices. The time is correctly set to null as the passage provides no specific temporal scope for the current state, only a comparison to 'formerly'. The context is appropriately empty as no specific sense restriction applies. The quote 'this is not so common as formerly' appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim.