The objective of this study was to validate the Pivot sensory technique for sensory analysis of adulterated coffees. The Pivot technique was modified (instructions and determination of the values of the unadulterated sample considered Pivot). A total of 130 consumers evaluated five pairs of samples (Pivot vs. five coffee samples adulter-
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