All about Coffee

The average Australian consumes how much coffee each year?

• 1.92 kg

• 19.2 kg

• 192 kg

• 0.19 kg

Which of the following is the best description of a coffee tree?

• It has brown leaves and coffee cherries that grow along its branches

• It has green waxy leaves and coffee cherries that grow along its branches

• It has green waxy leaves and coffee cherries that grow at the end of each branch

• It has brown leaves and coffee cherries that grow at the end of each branch

Why is coffee harvested by hand?

• Because it is easier than using a machine

• Because coffee cherries are delicate and can be damaged if they are not picked very carefully

• Because it grows in a continuous cycle and can have both ripe and unripe cherries on the tree at the same time

• Because machines will not work at high altitude

In the wild, coffee trees can grow up to 9m. Why are they pruned when they are grown in a plantation? (select ALL correct answers)

• To increase the caffiene levels

• To make them more productive

• To make them easier to harvest

• To make them taste better

There are two main types of coffee beans. Which one is deep green, slightly larger and more acidic?

• Arabica

• Robusta

Coffee trees need _______, fertile soil and mild _______, with lots of rain and shaded sun. That is why all the world’s coffee is grown in a band around the middle of the globe, the _________ zone called The Bean Belt.

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What are the conditions needed to grow coffee trees? Choose ALL answers that are correct

• Altitude

• Mild temperatures

• fertile soil

• Lots of rain

• Shaded sun

Which areas of the world is coffee grown? Choose ALL that are correct

• Europe

• Asia Pacific

• Africa

• Central and South America

What is cupping?

• Making 10 cups of coffee at once

• A process used to evaluate coffee for bitterness

• A specialty way of making coffee

• A process used to evaluate coffee for flavour, aroma and mouthfeel

Why is coffee roasted before it is made?

• To give it a dark brown colour and a rich aroma

• To burn it

• To release the oils

• To give it a pale brown colour and weak flavour