
Coffee Roasting
The application of heat to green coffee seeds (beans) to create palatable material for brewing a great cup!: Coffee roasting
The application of heat to green coffee seeds (beans) to create palatable material for brewing a great cup!: Coffee roasting
Colombian coffee is highly marketed and widely available in the US. They have been largely successful at equating the name
Sorting coffee by removing beans that have a color that indicates a defect. Color coffee sorting is often done by
The co-presence of many aroma and flavor attributes, with multiple layers. A general impression of a coffee, similar to judgments
The transfer of heat between matter. In coffee, conduction heating is contrasted with convection heating, which occurs in a moving
Kivu is the general name for East Congo (Kinshasa), covering a very broad geographical area, and the lake of the
A conical burr grinder has two cone-shaped burrs that sit inside one another; coffee bean fall between the two burrs
Transfer of heat through the bulk movement of a fluid. In the case of coffee roasting, we discuss convection in
Conventional coffee means that a coffee is not organic certified, in the coffee trader parlance.
Costa Rican coffee is typically very clean, sweet, with lots of floral accents. hey are prized for their high notes:
Costa Rica 95 or CR95 is a variety known to produce a lot of coffee, and need a lot of
Country of Origin is where the coffee is grown in general terms. Region is a more specific area within the
An audible popping sound heard during roasting. In coffee, one refers to “first crack” and “second crack,” which come from
Creamy is a mouthfeel description indicating thickness and soft, rounded texture. See also buttery.
Crema is a dense foam that floats on top of a shot of espresso. It ranges in color from blond
Usually used as a modifying flavor term, such as “crisp acidity” : Crisp can have several meanings, since it modifies
The outer layer of a bread loaf … or in coffee cupping, the floating grounds on the cup, which you
Cultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.:
In-the-cup coffee flavors (and in extension aromatics) that result from the plant material used to produce the coffee. In general,
The Cup of Excellence is a competition held yearly in many coffee-producing countries, designed to highlight the very best coffees
One who cups, or tastes and evaluates, coffee.: A cupper is a person who performs the somewhat formal analysis of
The cupper’s correction is a term we use to measure the “intangible” qualities of a cup: if, for instance, a
Cupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to
A cupping spoon is specifically designed for the tasting procedure of the same name, cupping. It is similar to some
Refers to any coffee that has not been replaced by new crop shipments, even if it was shipped from origin
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