Q 01/05

In which country did the goat herder Kaldi legendarily discover coffee?

A) Ethiopia

B) Brazil

C) Turkey

D) Yemen

Answer · why

A) Ethiopia

The legend of Kaldi, a goat herder who noticed his goats becoming energized after eating berries from a certain tree, places the discovery of coffee i...

Q 02/05

Which main commercial coffee species has a delicate flavor, higher acidity and lower caffeine?

A) Robusta

B) Liberica

C) Arabica

D) Excelsa

Answer · why

C) Arabica

Arabica is believed to be the first coffee species ever cultivated and still supplies about 60% of the world's crop; the hardier bean that fills most ...

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

It ripens from green to red, yellow or sometimes purple; beneath it sit the pulp, parchment and silverskin.

Q 04/05

Which country is currently the world's largest producer of coffee?

A) Vietnam

B) Colombia

C) Ethiopia

D) Brazil

Answer · why

D) Brazil

Brazil's plantations, concentrated in its southeastern states, grow roughly a third of all the coffee on Earth.

Q 05/05

Which coffee processing method dries the entire cherry, including the fruit pulp, under the sun?

A) Washed process

B) Honey process

C) Wet hulled process

D) Natural (dry) process

Answer · why

D) Natural (dry) process

The natural, or dry, process involves drying the entire coffee cherry with the fruit still intact. This method often results in coffees with a fuller ...