Archives: Glossary Terms

Colombia

Colombian coffee is highly marketed and widely available in the US. They have been largely successful at equating the name

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Complex

The co-presence of many aroma and flavor attributes, with multiple layers. A general impression of a coffee, similar to judgments

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Conduction

The transfer of heat between matter. In coffee, conduction heating is contrasted with convection heating, which occurs in a moving

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Congo

Kivu is the general name for East Congo (Kinshasa), covering a very broad geographical area, and the lake of the

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Convection

Transfer of heat through the bulk movement of a fluid. In the case of coffee roasting, we discuss convection in

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Costa Rica

Costa Rican coffee is typically very clean, sweet, with lots of floral accents. hey are prized for their high notes:

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Crack

An audible popping sound heard during roasting. In coffee, one refers to “first crack” and “second crack,” which come from

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Creamy

Creamy is a mouthfeel description indicating thickness and soft, rounded texture. See also buttery.

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Crema

Crema is a dense foam that floats on top of a shot of espresso. It ranges in color from blond

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Crisp

Usually used as a modifying flavor term, such as “crisp acidity” : Crisp can have several meanings, since it modifies

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Cultivar

Cultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.:

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Cultivar Flavor

In-the-cup coffee flavors (and in extension aromatics) that result from the plant material used to produce the coffee. In general,

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Cupper

One who cups, or tastes and evaluates, coffee.: A cupper is a person who performs the somewhat formal analysis of

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Cupping

Cupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to

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