- A minimum of 90 % by weight of the coffee shall stand on a sieve with round holes of 6.65 mm (screen number 17)
- A maximum of 1.5 % by weight of the coffee may pass through a sieve with round holes of 6.00 mm (screen number 15)
- The coffee may contain 'Pea berry' subject to a maximum of 2 % by weight
- The coffee may contain 'triage' *subject to a maximum of 2 % by weight
- Blacks beans should not exceed 0.25%by weight
- Maximum permissible moisture 11.0 %
- Should be totally free from foreign and extraneous matter
* Triage -Elephant beans, round small beans, spotted beans, pales, pulper cuts, dried and shriveled beans ,broken beans not less than 1/3 rd of bean in size |