
Coffee Dictionary
Coffee Dictionary Online: From A to Z; From Growing & Roasting to Brewing & Tasting

Brewing | Bartending
- Aeropress – Mixing tools
- Blooming – Growth
- Brew ratio
- Channeling – Channels to save leads
- Extraction – Coffee Extract
- Fines – Fine grain
- Immersion – Soaking method
- Over Extracted – Over Extracted
- Percolation Coffee – Drip coffee
- Solubility
- Tarry – Burnt taste
- Under Extracted – Weak (poor) extract
- Water Hardness – Water Hardness
Espresso
- Americano
- Barista
- Boiler
- Cappuccino
- Channeling – Channels to save leads
- Crema
- Dose – Measuring coffee
- Double Shot Espresso
- Espresso – Espresso coffee
- Espresso Italiano – Standard Italian Espresso
- Fines – Fine grain
- Flow Profiling – Flow Profiles
- Flow rate
- Group Head
- Macchiato – Concoction from Espresso
- Preinfusion
- Puck – Compressed coffee block in Basket
- Ristretto – “Short Shot”
- Single Shot Espresso
- Tamping – Manipulating coffee when making Espresso
- Tapping – Typing (hand mixing) when making Espresso
Growing | Culture
- Altitude
- Coffee bean belt – Coffee belt
- Coffee Berry Borer – Coffee berry borer (CBB
- Defects
- Elevation – Elevation above sea level
- Hemileia Vastatrix – Coffee rust disease
- Medium Hard Beans – A type of coffee beans
- Potato Defect
- Rust – Rust disease
- Selective Picking
- SHB – Strictly Hard Bean
- Terroir – Optimal Condition
Processing | Progress
Tasting
- Acidity
- Bitterness – Bitter taste
- Body
- Fruity – Fruity Flavor
- Grassy – The smell of herbs
- Moldy / Musty – Mold / Musty Odor
- Mouthfeel
- Nutty-Nut flavor
- Primary tastes – Basic tastes
- Quinine – Bitter substance
- Round / Roundness – Balance
- Smoky / Smokey – The smell of smoke
- Sweetness – Sweet taste
- Taint – Fragrance (smell) defect
- Taste
Terms Of Day
“Vietnam is a massive coffee producer, second only to Brazil as the largest coffee producer in the world. Almost all of the production in Vietnam is comprised of the Robusta species.”
- Vietnam
“The coffee futures market, or C market, is a global commodities market that operates in US dollars. Futures markets are based on contracts for a specific commodity to be delivered in the future”
- C market
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Coffee Dictionary Online: An A-Z of coffee, from growing & roasting to brewing & tasting. You can search for any term, Coffee Dictionary – Coffee Terms definition in the coffee industry. An authoritative and comprehensive dictionary containing clear, concise definitions of over 1000 key coffee terms, this A to Z covers all aspects of coffee including from growing & roasting to brewing & tasting. There is strong coverage of the coffee industry. Fully revised to keep up-to-date with this fast-moving field, this new edition expands the coverage to include terms relevant to the coffee wave 4th.