COFFEE TRIVIA: French press
1. What country is the world’s largest coffee bean producer?
2. Do coffee beans grown in the ground, on vines, or on trees?
3. If you wanted a higher level of caffeine in your coffee drink, what type of roast would you opt for?
4. What kind of grind would you be using if you wanted to make coffee in a French press?
5. What kind of grind would you be using if you wanted to make an espresso?
6. What coffee beans, among the world’s most expensive, are grown in the mineral-rich laval fields of the Mauna Loa and Hualalai volcanoes?
7. While there are many brands and roasts out there, there are far fewer types of coffee beans. What are the two different types of coffee beans?
8. If you drink coffee, you may urinate more due to the caffeine content. Does this make coffee a diuretic or anti-diuretic?
9. What beverage is made by adding hot water to espresso?
10. Despite its name, does decaf coffee still contain some caffeine?
11. Is a coffee bean technically a legume, vegetable, fungi, or fruit?
12. If you were to go on the Bulletproof Coffee Diet, what would you be mixing into your coffee?
13. How many pounds of coffee beans will a typical coffee tree produce in an annual crop?
14. According to an Ethiopian origin story, coffee was discovered after what animal became energetic after consuming the coffee berries?
ANSWERS
1. Brazil
2. On small trees (that can take on a tree-like or shrub-like form)
3. Light roast
4. Coarsely ground
5. Finely ground
6. Kona coffee
7. Arabica and robusta
8. A diuretic
9. An Americano
10. Yes, it contains about 2 milligrams of caffeine compared to regular coffee’s 95 milligrams.
11. A fruit; they are classified as the pit of berries, so by this definition, this makes them a fruit. 12. Fat (this type of coffee drink is made with two tablespoons of unsalted butter and one to two tablespoons of medium-chain triglyceride oil).
13. 1-2 pounds per year.
14. Goats. According to the legend, a goat herder discovered coffee beans after he noticed that his goats became very energetic after eating the special berries.