Roasting History
The FlavorLock bag was introduced in this year
What is 1985?
Starbuck's first blend "House Blend" was introduced in this year
What is 1971?
At this step in roasting coffee starts to smell "roasty"
What is City Roast?
This is affected by soil, temperature, rainfall and sunshine
What is taste?
Cleaned coffee is stored here as it waits to be roasted.
What are Green Coffee Silos?
This guy is credited with bringing custom coffee roasting to the US and starting the specialty coffee craze in America
Who is Alfred Peet?
1984 gave us the birth of Liz McNeil and this popular blend
What is Christmas Blend?
Starbucks roast profiles fall into this order from most acidity to less acidity
What is Blonde, Medium and then Dark Roast?
This percentage of preshipment samples are rejected
What is 10%?
Starbucks located its first roasting plant outside of the US in this city
What is Amsterdam?
This guy opened Seattle's "original espresso bar"
Who is Dave Olsen (Café Allegro)?
The first "private label" blend Starbucks created was originally called this
What is Jake's blend?
Beans are stored this many years to be called Aged Coffee
What is 3 to 5 years?
Starbucks ages coffee only from this country
What is Indonesia?
A preliminary step in the creation of a coffee blend used by the coffee development team
What is wet blending?
The York Roasting Plant roasts this many pounds of coffee a week
What is 3 million pounds?
Starbucks Anniversary Blend was first introduced to celebrate this milestone anniversary for Starbucks
What is 25th anniversary?
This is the tool inserted in burlap bags of coffee once its time for the "arrival sample"
What is the trier?
These are the methods of decaffeinating coffee
What is Direct Contact, SWISS Water Process, and Natural Decaffeination
A solvent used in decaffeination that leaves the bulk of the coffee flavor intact
What is methylene chloride?
Starbucks partners did this illegal activity in 1980 to be able to deliver roasted coffee during holidays
What is double park? SHOCK HORROR
These are the two blending approaches employed by master roasters
What are pre-roast and post-roast blends?
These three things change with roast
What is acidity, body and flavor?
These are the steps in roasting from first to last
What is First Pop (Cinnamon Roast), City Roast, 2nd Pop (Full City Roast) and Dark Roast
These three were the original founders of Starbucks
Who are Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker