Abstract
A novel fully-automated magnetic stirring-assisted lab-in-syringe analytical procedure has been developed for the fast and efficient dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) of caffeine in coffee beverages. The procedure is based on the microextraction of caffeine with a minute amount of dichloromethane, isolating caffeine from the sample matrix with no further sample pretreatment. Selection of the relevant extraction parameters such as the dispersive solvent, proportion of aqueous/organic phase, pH and flow rates have been carefully evaluated.Caffeine quantification was linear from 2 to 75mgL−1, with detection and quantification limits of 0.46mgL−1 and 1.54mgL−1, respectively. A coefficient of variation (n=8; 5mgL−1) of a 2.1% and a sampling rate of 16h−1, were obtained. The procedure was satisfactorily applied to the determination of caffeine in brewed, instant and decaf coffee samples, being the results for the sample analysis validated using high-performance liquid chromatography.
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