Coffee Fundamentals - 5

How many beans does a coffee cherry contain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which harvesting method is NOT used by Nespresso?

• Hand picking

• Mechanical

• Stripping

Ripe coffee cherries ensure that what have developed? Click all that apply.

• Natural sugars

• Ideal texture

• Aromatic richness

• Green skin colour

Mucilage, the jam-like coating, is used in processing which coffee?

• Indonesia

• Ethiopia

• Mexico

The coffee bean can be roasted while inside the cherry.

• True

• False

The fleshy outer part of the coffee cherry is called...

After mechanical harvesting, we use all the cherries picked.

• True

• False

Handpicking ensures...? Click all that apply.

• One-time picking

• Ideal maturation stage

• Best results in terms of quality

• Low-cost processing

Mechanical harvesting...

• Is fast and efficient

• Is harder to distinguish between ripe and unripe cherries

• Cannot be used on inclined terrain

• All of the above

In which country do we use mechanical harvesting?

• Brazil

• Colombia

• Ethiopia

• Guatemala