Q 01/05

In coffee's best-known origin legend, which animals did the herder Kaldi see turn frisky after eating red berries?

A) Sheep

B) Goats

C) Cattle

D) Donkeys

Answer · why

B) Goats

Goats star in the tale, which first appears in a Latin treatise of 1671, some eight centuries after it is supposedly set; the herder has no name there...

Q 02/05

Which spice traditionally flavours Arabic coffee, the brew that hosts across the Gulf pour for their guests?

A) Nutmeg

B) Star anise

C) Cardamom

D) Allspice

Answer · why

C) Cardamom

Cardamom powder goes in generously as the coffee brews; by custom the host keeps refilling a guest's cup until the guest signals, with a shake of the ...

Q 03/05

What is the outermost skin of a coffee cherry called?

A) Endocarp

B) Exocarp

C) Mesocarp

D) Silverskin

Answer · why

B) Exocarp

The exocarp is the cherry's thin outer skin; it turns from green to red or yellow as the fruit ripens, which is how pickers on selective harvests know...

Q 04/05

Which country was the world's largest producer of coffee in 2023?

A) Vietnam

B) Colombia

C) Ethiopia

D) Brazil

Answer · why

D) Brazil

Brazil grew about 31% of the world's coffee in 2023, a share so large that a hard frost in its growing regions can push up coffee prices around the wo...

Q 05/05

Which processing method cures the whole cherry, fruit pulp and all, in the sun?

A) Washed process

B) Honey process

C) Wet hulled process

D) Natural (dry) process

Answer · why

D) Natural (dry) process

Natural (dry) process coffees are dried as whole cherries with the fruit still on the bean, which often gives a fuller body and sweeter, fruitier note...