Facing
Facing can mean turning toward, standing up to, being brave. But in coffee roasting though, it means scorching a roast.:
Facing can mean turning toward, standing up to, being brave. But in coffee roasting though, it means scorching a roast.:
A general characterization that cup flavors are diminishing in quality due to age of the green coffee, and loss of
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade
A fanega is a measure of coffee used in some Latin America countries. It is equal to 250 kilograms of
Farm Gate Coffee is the name we give to our direct trade coffee buying program. Farm Gate pricing means that
Fazenda is the Portuguese word for farm, hence it is the term used in Brazil. Fazenda is not a coffee-specific
As an aroma or flavor in coffee, ferment is a defect taste, resulting from bad processing or other factors. Ferment
Fermentation in coffee processing traditionally referred to the stage in wet-processing of the coffee. We now understand that fermentation happens
As a defect flavor, a fruit quality in a coffee that is excessively ripe, toward rotten. Fermented flavor can be
A defect flavor, a fruit quality in a coffee that is excessively ripe, toward rotten. This often takes the form
Filtercones, as the name implies, are simply cones that hold a coffee filter. The cone fits on to the top
The replaceable stainless steel or nylon mesh screen used in French Press brewing.: This is the part of the French
Spanish 101: Finca is the Spanish word for farm. Sometimes the term Hacienda is used to imply an Estate, which
Similar to aftertaste, but it refers to the impression as the coffee leaves the palate. Aftertaste is the sensations gathered
First crack in one of two distinct heat-induced pyrolytic reactions in coffee. It is distinguished by a cracking or popping
Flat bean simply means “normal” coffee beans with one flat side.: The normal coffee fruit has 2 seeds inside, facing
A grinder with two flat, parallel disc-shaped burrs. Produces the most even grind at all settings, fine, medium and coarse.
Flavor Profile implies a graphical impression of a particular coffee, whether it be an artistic portrait or data graph of
A term that probably refers to the SCAA Flavor Wheel, an analysis tool adapted from the wine industry. (Actually the
A coffee bean that did not mature inside the parchment layer will float in wet-processing: In the wet process, and
Floaters are defective coffee cherries or depulped seeds that float to the surface of a water bath.: During the wet-process
Floral notes in coffee exemplify the connection between taste and smell. Describing the taste of a specific flower is near
Flores is an Indonesian island, and as a coffee bears more resemblance to the coffees of Timor-Leste, New Guinea and
A fluid-bed roaster works by pushing hot air across coffee beans. Fluid-bed roasters are generally less expensive than comparable drum
Fly Crop is a term used in chiefly in Kenya to mean the second, smaller harvest. There are no flies
The FNC is the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, the coffee association of Colombia. They fund CENICAFE research institute,
A flavor found in rustic Indonesia coffees, wet-hulled types from Sulawesi and Sumatra in particular, reminiscent of a walk in
French Missionaries brought the original coffee to East Africa, from Reunion island to Tanzania, then Kenya. There are still areas
A simple coffee brewer also called a Press Pot: grounds and hot water are added to a carafe, allowed to
Sugars are heavily caramelized (read as burned) and are degraded; the woody bean structure is carbonizing, the seed continues to
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