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Coffee consumption

Coffee consumption, noun: Statistically every person in Germany drinks 150 liters of coffee per year (versus 130 liters of mineral water and 110 liters of beer). This corresponds roughly to

Coffee garden

Coffee garden, noun: Not a synonym for a café or the like, but rather a small coffee cultivation of 10-30 coffee trees with shade trees, crops and farm animals. Often

Coffee grounds

Coffee grounds, noun (also called ground coffee): It is the powdered form of roasted coffee beans ground at various levels of fineness for different methods of coffee preparation: Fine for

Coffee pod

Coffee pod, noun: Single cup portion (7 g) of ground coffee encapsulated in a filter. However, you need the corresponding coffee machine in order to be able to use one to

Coffee variant

Coffee variant, noun: Since coffee is a plant genus, there are numerous coffee variants. The most important are called Coffea arabica or Arabica, Coffea canephora or Robusta and Coffea liberica

Coffee-producing countries

Coffee-producing countries, noun: The ten most important countries for coffee production (as of 2011) are: Brazil, Vietnam (mainly Robusta), Indonesia, Columbia, Ethiopia, India, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala. These ten

Cold drip

Cold drip, noun: Method of preparation for filter coffee: Melting ice or cold water is dripped onto the coffee grounds – the slower this is done, the more concentrated it

Crema

Crema, noun: Thick, golden-brown froth that forms on top of correctly prepared espresso. Consists of coffee bean oil, proteins, sugars and carbon dioxide. More crema forms on Robusta espressos than

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