Archives: Glossary Terms

Hacienda

Hacienda is used to imply an Estate that has a full processing facility (wet mill): Sometimes the term Hacienda is

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Hand Sorting

Practiced around the world, with both wet processed and dry processed coffees, hand sorting is generally the final step in

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Hardness

Has various meanings: Hard can be a positive description of the green coffee, an older trade term meaning that it

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Hawaii

The Kona district on the big island of Hawaii produces the best coffee from this state – clean, sweet and

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Hectares

We use this metric term often to discuss the size of coffee farms. 1 Hectare = 10000 Square Meters =

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Herbal

A flavor descriptor in coffee reminiscent of herbs, usually meaning aromatic, savory, leafy dried herbs. Usually, more specific descriptions are

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Bourbon Portillo Alto

Hibrido

Hibrido means “Hybrid” in latin languages, and in Central America it is sometimes used to mean Bourbon cultivar.

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Hidey

A rustic smell or flavor of animal hides, similar to leathery.: This descriptor is somewhat reminiscent of the smell of

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High Grown

High Grown, or HG, is a coffee designation that can mean different things in different countries. : High Grown, or

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Honduras variety Ihcafe 90

Honduras

Honduran coffee was absent from the top ranks of the Specialty market, but that has changed. It has all the

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Honey

In coffee, honey-like sweetness is often found, but we use terms such as refined honey (highly filtered and processed) as

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HotTop

A home drum roaster with a 9oz capacity, adjustable heat and airflow profiling, and an external cooling tray.: A home

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HotTop

A home drum roaster with a 9 oz capacity, adjustable heat and airflow profiling, and an external cooling tray. The

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Hulling

Hulling is the step at the dry mill where the green coffee bean is removed from the parchment shell. (See

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