The Almighty Bean
Name of the young goat herder who discovered coffee.
Who is Kaldi?
Most of the coffee Starbucks buys is from farms between two and five hectares in size. This size farm is referred to as a __.
What is Smallholder farm?
Karen Bech's favorite markout?
Espresso Roast
Farm called that is between two and five hectares in size is called this.
What is a smallholder farm?
What is medium?
Paige Culp's favorite syrup in a latte.
What is pistachio?
Length of time it take a coffee tree to progress from flowering to producing ripe cherries ready for harvest.
What is 9 months?
The harvesting approach where harvesters may need to revisit the same tree several times to ensure they are choosing the ripest cherries.
What is Selective Harvesting?
The term that describes temperature and amount of sunlight and rainfall of a small area.
What is Microclimate?
The practice of making sure that a product is acquired in a responsible, sustainable way?
What is Ethical Sourcing?
This coffee company brought the European style of roasting coffee to the US
What is Peets Coffee and Tea?
World Coffee Research estimates that more than 80% of the commercial arabica coffee production around the world comes from coffee trees related to two main coffee varietals.
What are Typica and Bourbon?
This processing method traditionally uses fermentation to remove the mucilage from the beans.
What is washed?
Term used to describe the soil, topography and climate of a growing area
What is Terroir?
Our agronomists support farmers and producers regardless of whether Starbucks buys coffee from them or not. This practice is called:
What is Open-Source Agronomy?
This city's first coffeehouses were known as "penny universities"
What is London?
Most coffee trees are fully mature and bearing fruit after how long?
What is 3 years?
After processing, regardless of which processing method was used, all green coffee is sorted at a ___.
What is a dry mill?
Starbucks buys only premium arabica coffee, which thrives at elevations of ____.
What is 3,000-6,000 ft (900 - 1800 meters)?
Starbucks was one of the first recipients of the Core Collection of new Coffea arabica strains distributed by _.
What is World Coffee Research?
The oldest coffeehouse in Paris that is still in operation
What is Cafe Procope?
Coffee trees are pruned at __ to increase productivity and make harvesting the fruit easier.
What is 5-6 feet (1.5 - 1.8 meters)?
This processing method contributes to earthy, herbal flavors with big, syrupy body and muted acidity?
What is Semi-Washed?
First Starbucks blend Alina tasted?
What is Sumatra?
There are four components of C.A.F.E. practices. What are they?
What is Quality, Economic Transparency, Social Responsibility and Environmental Leadership?