Discrimination of arabica coffee cultivars by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and chemometrics

Green beans of Coffea arabica (arabica coffee) cultivars with Sarchimor and Catuai genetic background were grown under the same edaphoclimatic conditions, in two different regions, and analysed by direct-infusion electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI FT-ICR MS) followed by a metabolomic approach. A total of 20 coffee metabolites including phenolic compounds, fatty acids, sucrose, and diterpene glycosides were identified by negative ESI FT-ICR MS with a mass error