Patent ID: 11856975
Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of improving coffee, comprising adding one or more flavor enhancing compounds to the coffee, wherein the flavor enhancing compound has the formula:, wherein R1 is H;
R2 is a caffeic acid derivative having the formula:, wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, and Re are independently selected from H, OH, and OC1-8alkyl;
the R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen and C(O)R wherein R is in each case independently selected from C1-8alkyl; wherein at least one of R3 and R4 are C(O)R;
R4 is H and R5 is OH, or R4 and R5 together form a bond.