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Quiz about The Wonderful Wacky World of Coffee
Quiz about The Wonderful Wacky World of Coffee

The Wonderful, Wacky World of Coffee Quiz


Our First Mate Starbuck is making a survey and tour of all that is wonderful and wacky in the world of coffee, the popular drink and flavoring. Submitted for the Amazing Trivia Race 3.

A multiple-choice quiz by shorthumbz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
shorthumbz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
385,916
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1678
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Starbuck visited the coffee plantation of Mr. J. Valdez in Colombia. There he learned that the commodity known as "coffee beans," is not really beans at all. Which part of the plant did Starbuck discover is actually used to make coffee drinks and to obtain coffee flavor? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Starbuck next journeyed to the United States where he sampled a delicious mixture of coffee syrup and milk called coffee milk. This drink is the official state beverage for an American state, known for being the smallest in area. Which state apparently has a taste for coffee milk?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Starbuck made the short journey to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, studios of the popular television program "America's Test Kitchen," where one of the chefs shared the secret that coffee can enhance the flavor of many recipes featuring what popular flavor? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. While thinking about the chemical composition of coffee, Starbuck wanted to know more about the effects of its most well-known chemical component, caffeine. According to organic chemistry, how much caffeine is in a cup (8 oz.) of plain black coffee? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. After his chemistry lesson, Starbuck winged his way to France, where he discovered a dessert called Café liégeois. Coffee is usually added to ice cream (with a coffee flavour and usually vanilla as well) and syrup. What other ingredient is added to the dessert, which is mostly a fancy name for a common ingredient in desserts?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Starbuck was in the mood for another sweet treat and knew just where to get it. He took a train to the Amalfi coast of Italy, for which decadent dessert of lady fingers dipped in coffee, covered with a cocoa-flavored mixture of sweetened mascarpone cheese? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Starbuck has now made the long journey to Vietnam, where he enjoyed a drink called Ca Phe Trung. Naturally it contained coffee, and also sugar and milk. What was also added to the drink to make it unique? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Starbuck was advised to journey to the island of Java to sample "the most expensive coffee in the world." Of course he had to go, but when he arrived he was shocked to learn that the coffee in question resulted from what unique production process? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. After this remarkable experience, Starbuck decided to unwind and decompress in the country that produces the most coffee annually in the world. Where did he go? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. As Starbuck reviewed his extraordinary world tour of coffee on the beach at Ipanema, he enjoyed a type of cold coffee drink which was said to originate from Greece, but has a name derived from the French word for "to hit". What is this increasingly-popular variety of coffee drink?
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1. Starbuck visited the coffee plantation of Mr. J. Valdez in Colombia. There he learned that the commodity known as "coffee beans," is not really beans at all. Which part of the plant did Starbuck discover is actually used to make coffee drinks and to obtain coffee flavor?

Answer: seeds

"Coffee beans" are the seeds of the berries of the Coffea plant. They are harvested from the stems of the small Coffea bushes or trees, stripped of their flesh, and the seeds (beans) dried. Then the beans are roasted to various shades of darkness depending on the desired flavor.

The roasted beans are then ground to varying levels of coarseness, depending on the brewing method to be employed. This method also allows for the extraction of coffee flavoring that is used in many different food items.
2. Starbuck next journeyed to the United States where he sampled a delicious mixture of coffee syrup and milk called coffee milk. This drink is the official state beverage for an American state, known for being the smallest in area. Which state apparently has a taste for coffee milk?

Answer: Rhode Island

You can make coffee syrup by using water and sugar and then running those ingredients through coffee grounds by use of a strainer. Adding it to milk gets you coffee milk. It was announced as the official state beverage in Rhode Island in 1993. Coffee milk is usually attributed to Italian immigrants in the state, but it is not certain how the recipe was originally created.

The popularity of coffee milk is largely centered in Rhode Island. It can be used as a basis for other recipes like a "coffee cabinet," adding ice cream to the coffee milk.
3. Starbuck made the short journey to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, studios of the popular television program "America's Test Kitchen," where one of the chefs shared the secret that coffee can enhance the flavor of many recipes featuring what popular flavor?

Answer: chocolate

The famous lifestyle mavens/caterers/chefs Martha Stewart and Ina Garten have both extolled the virtue of adding a small amount of coffee to enhance the flavors of chocolate dishes from cakes to cookies to candies to sauces to ice cream. The coffee does not make the resulting dishes taste at all like coffee, but enhances their chocolate flavor. Something to do with complementary chemicals in the two ingredients.
4. While thinking about the chemical composition of coffee, Starbuck wanted to know more about the effects of its most well-known chemical component, caffeine. According to organic chemistry, how much caffeine is in a cup (8 oz.) of plain black coffee?

Answer: 80 - 175 mg

Caffeine is a mildly addictive, stimulant chemical that occurs naturally in coffee. The amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee varies with the type of bean and the roasting and brewing method. As with most food, moderate consumption of caffeine carries virtually no health risk, although certain people, such as pregnant women, are cautioned to limit their consumption.

As every student who has pulled an all-night study session knows, caffeine can temporarily prevent sleep and enhance performance. It has been used for these purposes by shift workers and athletes, as well as by students over the years.
5. After his chemistry lesson, Starbuck winged his way to France, where he discovered a dessert called Café liégeois. Coffee is usually added to ice cream (with a coffee flavour and usually vanilla as well) and syrup. What other ingredient is added to the dessert, which is mostly a fancy name for a common ingredient in desserts?

Answer: chantilly cream

Café liégois is tres French, although its name suggests it comes from the Belgian city of Liège (also called Luik). It was originally called café viennois, but was changed after the first World War because it reminded the French too much of the Austrian enemy.

It was now renamed after the brave soldiers in the battle of Liège, who had helped the French considerably. There are many variants of the recipe, but mainly the basis is ice cream, coffee and syrup with some whipping cream. More commonly it is referred to as chantilly cream, although they are often seen as the same thing.
6. Starbuck was in the mood for another sweet treat and knew just where to get it. He took a train to the Amalfi coast of Italy, for which decadent dessert of lady fingers dipped in coffee, covered with a cocoa-flavored mixture of sweetened mascarpone cheese?

Answer: tiramisu

"Tiramisu" means "pick me up" in Italian. It appears to have been invented in the 1960s as a variant of another popular Italian dessert, zuppa Inglese. It is a layered dessert, and can be made in a trifle bowl, a cake pan, or even a casserole dish. Many variants have evolved over the years, but the coffee flavoring of the cake layer and the chocolate flavoring of the cream remain constant. Yet another example of the epic culinary combination of coffee and chocolate.
7. Starbuck has now made the long journey to Vietnam, where he enjoyed a drink called Ca Phe Trung. Naturally it contained coffee, and also sugar and milk. What was also added to the drink to make it unique?

Answer: egg yolks

Apparently the Egg Coffee recipe originated at a time when milk was scarce; so a cafe owner from Hanoi used egg yolks instead. This created egg coffee. It is commonly found in the city of Hanoi, where it is quite trendy these days. There are many variations of the drink. It is often served in a hot bowl of water, to make sure that the hot drink does not drop in temperature. The drink can also be served iced.
8. Starbuck was advised to journey to the island of Java to sample "the most expensive coffee in the world." Of course he had to go, but when he arrived he was shocked to learn that the coffee in question resulted from what unique production process?

Answer: the coffee berries are first eaten and excreted by a civet cat

The Asian palm civet, a small tropical animal that resembles a cross between a lemur and a cat, ingests the coffee berries in the wild and then excretes them on the jungle floor. From there they are harvested by hand and processed in the more typical way of coffee production.

It is said that the digestive chemicals in the civet react with the coffee berries to create a distinctive flavor for the resulting coffee drink. The production process through the selection of the coffee beans for ingestion by the wild civets and hand harvesting is very labor-intensive, resulting in coffee which can cost upwards of $75 a cup in a restaurant or from $100 to $600 a pound. Producers have taken to producing the coffee through the use of civets which are fed the coffee in captivity, but this practice has led to much criticism by animal rights activists.
9. After this remarkable experience, Starbuck decided to unwind and decompress in the country that produces the most coffee annually in the world. Where did he go?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil produces almost twice as much coffee (2.7 million metric tons) as the next largest producer, which is, surprisingly, Vietnam (1.65 million tons). The top five producers are rounded out by Colombia (800,000 tons), Indonesia (700,000 tons), and Ethiopia (400,000 tons).
10. As Starbuck reviewed his extraordinary world tour of coffee on the beach at Ipanema, he enjoyed a type of cold coffee drink which was said to originate from Greece, but has a name derived from the French word for "to hit". What is this increasingly-popular variety of coffee drink?

Answer: frappe

Frappé is said to have originated in Greece. It is made by mixing sugar, coffee and water with ice cubes and sometimes milk. The drink exists in many variations. The amount of sugar can be altered; other variations feature ingredients such as liqueurs. Many coffee chains have popularized the name of the drink, making the frappe (often without the accent) a more generic term for a cold coffee drink.
Source: Author shorthumbz

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