Temple Coffee Test

What does coffee grow on?

A shrub like tree

What are the 3 main geographical areas where coffee is grown?

America, Africa, Asia

What are the 2 species of coffee that are used for commercial production?

Robusta and Arabica

BLANK coffees are cultivated at altitudes above 2000 feet above sea

level, usually between 4,000 and 6,000 feet.

Arabica

BLANK coffees are low grown and the most disease resistant.

Robusta

Which one is normally associated with cheap canned coffee?

Robusta

Label the parts of the bean

From top to bottom:

Skin, pulp, mucilage, parchment, silver skin, bean

What are the two main methods for processing coffee, how are they done, and what are the flavor characteristics of the beans within each process?

1. Natural, hand picked and sorted, cherries are spread out on patios and raked to ensure even drying, then the parchment layer is removed then the beans are packed up to be shipped, fruity notes and full body.

2. Washed, hand picked and put in water where unripe beans float to the top, cherries are depulled and put in fermentation tanks for 8-50 hours, then dried on patios before being husked and packaged for shipment, bright acidic notes

List and describe at least two hybrid processing methods. How are they done, and what are the flavor characteristics of the beans within each process?

1. Honey process, cherries are washed and depulped, put on patios to dry with the mucilage. Sweet, rich and creamy flavor

2. Semi-washed, depulp cherry and partially dry on patio, then hulled and dried again, low acidity with spicy earth notes

3. Anerobic, coffee cherries are fermented in sealed vessels then after can be treated as natural or washed depending on the farm, citric fruit forward and complex

What kind(s) of decaffeination process(es) do we use at Temple? Explain in detail how it

is done.

Swiss water method. Coffee beans and soaked in water then soaked in GCE water to go through osmosis. Using a carbon filter, the caffeine is extracted from the bean till it is 99.9% decaf

What roast of coffee does specialty shops like Temple sell?

a. Light roasts

b. Medium roasts

c. Dark roasts

d. City to Full city

D. City to full city

Match the tasting vocabulary word to the associated definition

Fragrance/ Aroma (D)

Flavor (C)

Finish (F)

Body (E)

Acidity (A)

Sweetness (B)

What does the word "strength" properly refer to regarding coffee?

a. Caffeine content

b. Roast level

C. Coffee to water ratio

d. Correct grind size

C. Coffee to water ratio

What is Temple's standard coffee to water ratio

2G coffee to 1oz water

List the five essentials factors in brewing coffee

Coffee to water ratio

Grind size

Operation of equipment

Water quality and temp.

Equipment cleanliness

What is tea?

Camellia sinensis

Tea names and steep times

Black tea: Earl grey, 4 min

Oolong: Ti Kwan Yin, 3 min

Green: Jasmine, 2 min

White: Yunan Silver Needle, 3 min

Herbal: South African sunset, 5 min

BLANK do not originate from the tea plant rather encompass a

variety of plant parts, flowers, roots, barks, and fruits.

Herbal

How does Temple purchase the majority of their coffee? Explain some benefits to this system.

Direct trade, this builds a direct relationship to the farm and temple travels to the farm first hand to ensure the quality of the coffee

How would you respond to customer questions regarding our trade practices:

Fair Trade:

Certified Organic:

Fair trade: Temple pays well about fair trade, even offering farm to cup coffee

Certified Organic: the farms used by temple use organic practices but do not have the resources to be certified organic

How does Temple's coffee purchase pricing compare to C-Market pricing and Fair Trade Organic certified coffees?

C-market trade does not reward to growers. By using direct trade we are able to pay the farmers almost 3x the amount to ensure they are taken care of

Under what circumstances (Hint: there are two) would you weigh out coffee in an unsealed bag for a customer

A half caf bag where we would split 6oz of our dharma and 6oz of decaf and if a customer wanted a 12oz bag of coffee we offer but are sold out of but have a 5lb bag