FDSC 150 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Environmental Issues with Coffee Plantations - Answer- -About 2.5 acres of coffee = 86
lbs. of O2 a day
Shade-grown coffee
-Growing coffee in its natural habitat
-Bird friendly
-Reduced need for fertilizer and herbicides
-Better tasting because it grows slower
Coffee Harvesting - Answer- -Selective picking
-Stripping (ripe and green)
-Mechanical (ripe and green)
-Time/cost of selective picking (waste vs. ripe)
-Coffee providers will usually explain that they give fair pay
Coffee Processing Steps - Answer- 1.) Sorting
-Ripe and green sink, overripe and trash float
2.) Pulping
-Removing pulp from bean
-Pressed against screen
3.) Removal of mucilage
-Beans pumped into tanks with water
-Mucilage = pectin, sugars, etc.
Coffee Drying - Answer- -60% moisture
-Drying patios
-Asphalt
Coffee Roasting - Answer- 1st stage - initial heating
-slowly dried, smells like popcorn
2nd stage - 400 degrees F
3rd stage - ^ to 428 degrees F
Final - 437-446 degrees F
Whiskey and Monasteries - Answer- Whiskey was primarily made in monasteries
-Henry VIII of England establishes Acts of Supremacy in Church of England (1534)
-1536 t0 1542, Henry dissolved the monasteries
Little Jack Horner
-dissolution of monasteries
, -Thomas Horner was the steward of Abbot Richard Whiting (Glastonbury Abbey)
UK's Excise Act - Answer- Legalized distillation... for a fee!
Whiskey Making - Answer- Germination of Barley
(Jews cannot consume barley during Passover)
-Process goes like: prep, mashing (malting), fermenting (yeast), distilling (in pot stills),
aging, and bottling
Why do we drink coffee? - Answer- -Flavor
-Jump start
-Social seasons
Over time, coffee has been described as... - Answer- -Aphrodisiac
-Nerve tonic
-Life extender
-Enema!!
What happens when coffee sits out for a while? - Answer- The acidity can get stronger
Origin of coffee - Answer- About 800 AD
Coffee bushes grew wild
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
-Ethiopian goat herder, Kaldi, noticed his goats "dancing" from one bush to the next
-Goats and Kaldi got a buzz from eating coffee cherries
Yemenite Sufi mystic legend
-Observed birds eating cherries
More stories of origin of coffee - Answer- A monk witnesses Kaldi's frolicking and
scolded him for partaking in the "Devil's fruit"
-Shared some with his brothers
-Helped them stay awake for prayer
Kaldi shared berries with his wife and she called them "Heaven sent"
Primitive "powerbars" - Answer- Around the same era
Africans mixed:
-Coffee cherries
-Animal fat
Perfect energy food
More history of coffee - Answer- About 1000 AD
-Arab traders brought coffee home
About 1100 AD
-Coffee trees were cultivated
-Beans were boiled and drank as liquid
1500s
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Environmental Issues with Coffee Plantations - Answer- -About 2.5 acres of coffee = 86
lbs. of O2 a day
Shade-grown coffee
-Growing coffee in its natural habitat
-Bird friendly
-Reduced need for fertilizer and herbicides
-Better tasting because it grows slower
Coffee Harvesting - Answer- -Selective picking
-Stripping (ripe and green)
-Mechanical (ripe and green)
-Time/cost of selective picking (waste vs. ripe)
-Coffee providers will usually explain that they give fair pay
Coffee Processing Steps - Answer- 1.) Sorting
-Ripe and green sink, overripe and trash float
2.) Pulping
-Removing pulp from bean
-Pressed against screen
3.) Removal of mucilage
-Beans pumped into tanks with water
-Mucilage = pectin, sugars, etc.
Coffee Drying - Answer- -60% moisture
-Drying patios
-Asphalt
Coffee Roasting - Answer- 1st stage - initial heating
-slowly dried, smells like popcorn
2nd stage - 400 degrees F
3rd stage - ^ to 428 degrees F
Final - 437-446 degrees F
Whiskey and Monasteries - Answer- Whiskey was primarily made in monasteries
-Henry VIII of England establishes Acts of Supremacy in Church of England (1534)
-1536 t0 1542, Henry dissolved the monasteries
Little Jack Horner
-dissolution of monasteries
, -Thomas Horner was the steward of Abbot Richard Whiting (Glastonbury Abbey)
UK's Excise Act - Answer- Legalized distillation... for a fee!
Whiskey Making - Answer- Germination of Barley
(Jews cannot consume barley during Passover)
-Process goes like: prep, mashing (malting), fermenting (yeast), distilling (in pot stills),
aging, and bottling
Why do we drink coffee? - Answer- -Flavor
-Jump start
-Social seasons
Over time, coffee has been described as... - Answer- -Aphrodisiac
-Nerve tonic
-Life extender
-Enema!!
What happens when coffee sits out for a while? - Answer- The acidity can get stronger
Origin of coffee - Answer- About 800 AD
Coffee bushes grew wild
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
-Ethiopian goat herder, Kaldi, noticed his goats "dancing" from one bush to the next
-Goats and Kaldi got a buzz from eating coffee cherries
Yemenite Sufi mystic legend
-Observed birds eating cherries
More stories of origin of coffee - Answer- A monk witnesses Kaldi's frolicking and
scolded him for partaking in the "Devil's fruit"
-Shared some with his brothers
-Helped them stay awake for prayer
Kaldi shared berries with his wife and she called them "Heaven sent"
Primitive "powerbars" - Answer- Around the same era
Africans mixed:
-Coffee cherries
-Animal fat
Perfect energy food
More history of coffee - Answer- About 1000 AD
-Arab traders brought coffee home
About 1100 AD
-Coffee trees were cultivated
-Beans were boiled and drank as liquid
1500s
