Archives: Glossary Terms

Asalan

The term in Bahasa Indonesian for green coffee that is hulled, dried, and ready to sell to an exporter. Used

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Ashy

The smell or taste of ash, such as an ashtray, cigarette smoke, or fireplace. Often a roast defect.: A quality

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Astringent

Astringency is a harsh flavor sensation, acrid flavor, that provokes a physical reaction on the toungue, the tactile feeling of

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Ateng coffee

Ateng

Ateng is a common name for Catimor coffees widely planted in Sumatra and other Indonesia isles.: Ateng, with several subtypes,

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Australia

Australian coffee bears resemblance in the cup to the soft “Island Coffee” flavor profile. Coffee cultivation began in Australia in

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Backflushing

Backflushing is a process done to espresso machines to clean them, where water is forced back into the machine to

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Jute bags of Coffee in parchment El Salvador

Baggy

The flavor of coffee that has been stored for too long, it has absorbed the flavor of whatever it has

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Baked Taste

Under-developed flavors that result from long, low-heat roasting or a too-light roast level (before 1st crack is fully finished).: Baked

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Balance

Suggests a harmony and proportion of qualities, and implies mildness since no one quality dominates.: Balance is both an obvious

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Bali

Coffee from the Indonesian island of Bali was formerly sold mainly to the Japanese market. Perhaps it is the changing

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salty-sweet-sour-bitter

Basic Flavors

In the mouth sensations derived from the basic flavors: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, savory (umami). These are the core sensations

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Batian

Named after the highest peak on Mt. Kenya, Batian is resistant to coffee berry disease and coffee leaf rust, the

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Behmor

A popular electric drum roaster designed for home use, with variable batch sizes (from 1/4 pound to 1 pound) and

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Beneficio

In Latin American countries, a wet mill is called a Beneficio, where fresh coffee cherries are brought for pulping, fermentation,

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Bergamot

Bergamot Orange is the size of an orange, with a yellow color similar to a lemon, and has a pleasant

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Bergendal

Bergendal

Bergendal or  Bergendahl Variety, an old Typica type coffee. In the 17th century, coffee plants originating in Yemen and transiting

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Bitter

Bitterness is one of 5 basic tastes: Sour, Sweet, Salty, Bitter and Umami (savory flavors). There are many types of

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Bittersweet

Bittersweet is from the language of chocolate, and describes the co-presence of positive bittering compounds balanced by sweetness. It is

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Black Bean

A coffee bean whose interior is totally back (endosperm), due to fungi, mold, yeast, pest. This happens with over-mature coffee

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Blackberry

Blackberry flavor in coffee sometimes relates to slightly more developed roast levels.: Blackberry is found as a fragrance, aroma or

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Blade Grinder

A coffee grinder that works by way of a high-speed rotating blade.: The standard home coffee grinder, which works by

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Blueberry

Blueberry

Blueberry flavors in coffee take different forms. Dried blueberry was something we first encountered in natural Harar coffee from Ethiopia.

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Body

Associated with and sensed by mouthfeel, body is sense of weight and thickness of the brew, caused by the percentage

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Bolivia

Bolivia has always been a coffee origin with great potential, the potential to have a unique Specialty coffee offering with

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BorBor coffee

BorBor

BorBor is a  local Sumatra  selection of Timor Hybrid, possibly crossed with Bourbon, and also possibly referred to as Gayo

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