While many of us enjoy a daily cup or two (or ten!!!), we may overlook the technical side of things. As long as it's hot and delicious, that's all that matters, right?!
Well, for those of you out there who are interested in broadening your coffee knowledge, here is a quiz to test your coffee vocab (thanks to George Murray at Reader's Digest for the test!)
See how many you know (and no cheating!), and I'll post the answers next week.
- Puck
a. espresso machine cleaner
b. groove in the centre of a coffee bean
c. used grounds from an espresso shot
- Knock Box
a.container used to bang out and store used espresso grounds
b. airtight coffee vault
c. coffee known for high caffeine content - Crema
a. goat-milk additive
b. Eastern European coffee cake
c. lightly coloured layer on top of an espresso - Vintage
a. the year the coffee was harvested
b. coffee that has been aged
c. array of flavours experienced when tasting coffee - Cherry
a. frappuccino flavouring
b. the fruit of the coffee plant that contains the beans
c. especially delicious coffee - Finish
a. grounds left at the bottom of a cup
b. coffee aftertaste
c. the colour of foam on an espresso - Affogato
a. Italian for "double cream, double sugar"
b. ice cream covered with espresso
c. beans grown in Aruba - Pull
a. to produce an espresso shot
b. to pour coffee out of a special glass spout
c. to pick coffee beans - Macchiato
a. espresso with a small amount of steamed milk
b. the fastest coffee brewing method
c. flavoured coffee powder - Neapolitan
a. description of coffee with lots of acidity
b. a brewing method for very strong coffee
c. coffee from Naples - Cupping
a. a method of taste testing that involves slurping coffee off a spoon
b. pouring hot water over ground coffee
c. creating a half-decaf, half-caffeinated espresso - Quaker
a. full-bodied coffee bean
b. slang for someone addicted to coffee
c. bean that fails to roast properly and needs to be removed - Skinny
a. knowledge of coffee varieties
b. beans with narrow ridges
c. coffee made with skimmed milk - Pulp
a. to destroy a poorly roasted batch
b. to crush coffee to the finest grind
c. to remove the outermost skin of the coffee bean - Tamping
a. packing down ground espresso
b. brewing coffee with a plunger (cafetiere)
c. washing coffee beans
Good luck!
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