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Coffee

Any beverage made by the infusion, decoction or percolation of roasted and then ground coffee beans (the seeds of the coffee plant).

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Primo Lavado

Beverages; Coffee

Prime washed coffee from Mexico; includes most of the fine Mexican coffees.

Pyrolisis

Beverages; Coffee

A chemical breakdown that occurs during roasting that brings out the aroma and flavor of the coffee.

Quakers

Beverages; Coffee

Discolored or deformed coffee beans.

Richness

Beverages; Coffee

The quality of fullness in flavor, body, and/or acidity.

Rio

Beverages; Coffee

A sub-optimal class of coffees from southern Brazil. They are characterized by their medicinal flavor caused by poor handling of the berries.

roasting

Beverages; Coffee

Roasting is a chemical process by which aromatics, acids, and other flavor components are either created, balanced, or altered in a way that should augment the flavor, acidity, aftertaste and body of ...

Robusta

Beverages; Coffee

The only significant competitor among cultivated coffee species to Coffea Arabica. Robusta coffee beans lack the flavor and body of Arabica. Robusta is lower growing and higher producing; the result ...

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