Free quiz · 8 questions · Warm-up to Boss
Coffee quiz
How well do you really know Coffee? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Coffee questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
What plant gives us coffee beans, and what kind of fruit holds them before they’re picked?
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- Coffee beans come from the coffee plant.
- They are seeds inside coffee fruits, commonly called coffee cherries or berries.
- The fruit usually contains two seeds.
- Easy
Which coffee type usually has more caffeine, Arabica or Robusta, and which one usually tastes smoother?
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- Robusta usually has more caffeine than Arabica
- Arabica usually tastes smoother or less bitter
- Robusta often tastes stronger or more bitter
- Easy
A moka pot sends coffee up to the top: what pushes water through the grounds, and where does the brewed coffee collect?
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- Heat creates steam pressure in the lower chamber
- That pressure pushes hot water up through the coffee grounds
- Brewed coffee collects in the upper chamber; the pressure is lower than in an espresso machine
- Easy
Kopi luwak has an unusual journey from fruit to cup: which animal is involved, and what happens to the coffee beans before they’re collected?
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- Civets eat the coffee cherries
- The beans pass through the civet’s digestive tract
- The beans are collected from its droppings and cleaned
- Medium
How are unroasted coffee beans treated to make decaf, and which substance is pulled out?
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- Decaffeination happens before roasting
- Green coffee beans are treated with water, a solvent, or carbon dioxide
- Caffeine is extracted
- Decaf coffee may still contain a small amount of caffeine
- Hard
Fresh espresso gets a foamy crown: what brewing action creates it, and what two ingredients make up the crema?
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- Hot water under pressure extracts and emulsifies coffee oils
- Carbon dioxide released from the coffee forms bubbles
- Crema contains tiny oil droplets and gas bubbles
- Hard
When did coffee first reach Brazil, and what geographic and farming advantages helped it become a giant producer?
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- Coffee reached Brazil around 1727
- Southeastern Brazil has suitable tropical growing conditions
- Large plantations enabled production at scale
- Coffee became an important export
- Boss
In coffee trading, what does the C price refer to, and what determines the price a coffee grower gets at the farm gate?
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- The C price is a global benchmark price for Arabica coffee
- It is based on futures trading in New York
- The farmgate price is what a producer is paid for coffee at the farm
- It can vary with factors such as quality, location, and local market conditions
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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