Coffee - The Nectar Of The Bean Quiz

Answer: Arabic

'Qahhwa' was the name the Arabs chose for this splendid drink meaning 'wine of the bean'. What could be more appropriate?

Answer: False

Actually coffee was not mentioned in the Bible because it was not discovered till the 9th century A.D.

Answer: Ethiopia

There's a neat story that goes along with this discovery by Ethiopian shepherds. It is said that these shepherds saw that their goats had eaten from a coffee tree growing wild in the mountains and that the goats would 'dance' after eating these berries. Over the course of time coffee made it to Arabia and picked up it's name already mentioned in question number one and its use spread through the Muslim World.

Answer: Dutch

The Dutch did more than just that they smuggled seeds out and had them planted on the island of Java. That enterprise went so well for the Dutch that till this day coffee is often referred to as Java or "having a hot cup of Java".

Answer: red

The coffee bean is actually a portion of a larger whole known as a cherry when it still is attached onto the tree. The berry starts out a rich green color and as it ripens it turns a brilliant red hence the name cherry being given to its description.

Answer: Yemen

Mocha was a port for Yemen's capital Sana'a. The port itself sits upon the Red Sea and it was a primary point of coffee trade for over two hundred years.

Answer: Jamaica

You come to appreciate just what goes into a name when you come upon the fact that Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is an internationally protected label. Even on Jamaica there are requirements and the altitude of the trees must be grown between elevations of 3,000 and 5,500 feet. That's the kind of a regulation you want when you're paying thirty US dollars a pound!

Answer: Hawaii

The name 'Kona' comes from a region of Hawaii on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island. Coffee is not indigenous to Hawaii it was imported there in the nineteenth century from Brazil. Today this blend is one of the best in the world and hey if you're going to go in person for your own coffee Hawaii is the place to go!

Answer: False

Simply put the term "Peaberry" means that the beans come one to a cherry instead of the usual two. Initially in the marketing of coffee peaberries were seen as off casts and even today some markets discard them as unusable while others make a success from selling them e.g. Tanzanian Peaberry.

Answer: Brazil

That one might not have been that hard for some of you but did you ever imagine that Vietnam exports a tremendous amount and out of all the four countries I listed as possible answers Germany is actually fourth in exportation. Now you might say that coffee is not grown in Germany and you would be correct. So where do they get it from? It's shipped unroasted from as far away as Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, as well as in Tanzania and Uganda. Think of all those places brewed into one single cup of coffee! Imagine if your coffee can had a passport for all of its journeys.