Glossary.
Coffee terms, explained in a few words. Follow a term for its meaning, sources and further reading.
- Acidity
- Affective assessment
- Agtron scale
- Altitude
- Authorized SCA Trainer
- Body
- Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel
- Coffee Value Assessment (CVA)
- Cupping
- Defect (in the cup)
- Degassing
- Density
- Descriptive assessment
- Development time
- Espresso
- Extraction
- Extrinsic assessment
- Green coffee classification
- Licensed Q Instructor
- Light roast, medium roast
- Mouthfeel
- Natural
- Q Grader License
- Rate of rise
- Roast degree
- Specialty coffee
- Strength
- Tasting descriptors