Coffee and Tea Flashcards
Major varieties of coffee
Bourbon Typica Heirloom Ethiopian Catimor Gesha Pacamara SL-28 and SL-34
this plant is responsible for all Tea: black, green, Oolong etc.
Camellia Senensis
what makes black tea black
Fermented fully oxidized leaves
important black teas regions of production
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Assam (northeastern India)
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Darjeeling (Himalayan foothills of North India)
Keemun (Anhwei Province China)
Lapsang Souchong (produced by drying tea leaves over burning pine needles) Fujian Province in China
Nilgiri (Southern India)
Yunnan (Yunnan province in China)
Dianhong (Yunnan province)
What does Oolong mean
What style of Tea is it
Black dragon: means the leaves are semi-fermented. oxidized more than green tea less than black
What are some bourbon type coffee varieties
Kent
Jackson
Teksic
SL subtypes
what is a prince Charles
Drambuie and Coffee
what is a Cortado
Espresso cut with warm milk
What is Ca Phe Sua Da
Vietnamese iced coffee strong coffee with sweetened condensed milk over ice
What is a flush (tea)
term used for growth of new buds and leaves used for tea
important green teas and regions of production
Gunpowder (China and Taiwan)
Hyson (Zhejang Province in China)
Dragonwell (China)
Gen Mai Cha (Japan)
Gu Zhang Mao Jian (Fujian Province in China)
Gyokuro (Japan)
Hojicha (Japan)
Matcha (Japan, used in Japanese tea ceremonies)
Pi Lo Chun (China)
Sencha (Japan)
Liuan Leaf (Lu’an melon seed Anhui province of China)
which coffee comes from higher-yielding trees producing coarse coffee with higher caffeine contact
Robusta
totally caffeine free coffee plant
Coffea Charrieriana
Coffee plants have preference for latitudes within these Tropics
Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn
most coffee cherries contain two seeds except one what is it called
Peaberry
how much rainfall does Coffee require
60 inches annually minimum
difference between wet method and dry method of coffee processing
Wet Processing involves washing the coffee beans of fruity material while the beans are still moist right after they are picked. Dry Processing involves first drying the coffee cherry in the sun while regularly raking the beans free of any dried fruit.
Requisite maximum moisture content after drying coffee beans
12.5% max moisture
Luigi Bezerra invented this machine in 1901
‘Tipo Gigante’ or espresso machine
who invented the piston driven “Classica” that uses water pressure rather than steam to create espresso
Antonio Gaggia
Two main species of Coffee
C. Arabica (fine coffees, more expensive)
C. Canefora (Robusta) more caffeine, cheaper
