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65 Cards in this Set
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Kaldi the goat herder was from...
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Ethiopia
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When were coffee cherries first discovered?
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c. A.D. 800-900
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A monk came across Kaldi and his goats, so he collected cherries from them. What did he do with them?
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He crushed them and added boiling water
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Where were coffee beans first roasted cultivated on plantations?
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Yemen (Arabia)
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Qahwa means
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That which prevents sleep
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When did coffee reach Arabia?
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c. 1000
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How did Arabs keep traders from sprouting coffee beans in their homelands?
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By roasting them
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Who smuggled untreated coffee beans outside of Mecca?
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An Indian pilgrim
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When did coffee begin spreading with Islam?
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1300
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How did Muslims prepare coffee at first?
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As a bean broth
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When did coffee reach Constantinople (Istanbul)?
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1450-1650
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When did coffee reach Europe?
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1615-1700
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When did coffee houses open in Italy?
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1645-1655
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When did coffee houses appear in London
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1652
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When did coffee houses begin in Paris?
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1672
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When was coffee smuggled out of the port of Mocha?
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1690
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When did the Dutch start exporting coffee?
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1690
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Who smuggled coffee out of Mocha?
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The Dutch
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When did Amsterdam become a trading center for coffee?
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1690
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Who was one person that the Dutch gave coffee to as a gift?
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Louis XIV
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Who planted the "Noble Tree"?
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Louis XIV
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who stole a sprout from the "Noble Tree"?
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A naval officer who was on leave in Paris
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Where did the naval officer take his sprout of the "Noble Tree"?
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Martinique
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Where do some people think most Coffea arabica trees in the former French colonies of Central and Latin America came from?
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The sprout stolen from the "Noble Tree"
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When did Louis XIV receive the coffee used to plant the "Noble Tree"?
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1714
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How did coffee come to Brazil?
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Brazilian Lieutenant Palheta was given seeds of coffee by the wife of French Guiana's governor
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When did coffee come to Brazil?
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1727
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Where did the Dutch begin growing coffee in 1690?
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Ceylon and the colony of Java
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Coffee leaf rust appears in Ceylon
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1869
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How long did the coffee leaf rust epidemic last?
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10 years
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When did the New York Coffee Exchange open?
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1882
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What does CSCE stand for?
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Coffee, sugar, and cocoa exchange
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Who invented the vacuum sealed coffee package?
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R. W. Hills
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When was the vacuumed sealed coffee packaging invented?
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1900-1910
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What was one event that as bad for the business of local coffee roasters?
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The invention of vacuum sealed coffee packages
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Who invented the first commercial espresso machine?
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Luigi Bezzera
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When was the first commercial espresso machine built?
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1901
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When was decaffeination discovered?
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1900
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According to legend, who discovered decaffeination?
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German coffee importers Ludwig Roselius and Karl Wimmer
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How was decaffeination supposedly invented?
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When shipment of beans from Nicaragua was soaked in sea water
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When was soluble coffee invented?
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1901
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Who invented soluble coffee?
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Japanese-American chemist Satori Kato
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Who first mass porduced instant coffee?
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George Washington
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When was instant coffee first mass produced?
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1906
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Who invented the first coffee filter?
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Melitta Bentz
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What material was used for the first coffee filter?
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blotting paper
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When was the first coffee filter invented?
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1908
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Who developed the first automatic espresso machine?
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Dr. Ernesto Illy
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What did Dr. Ernesto Illy believe that the perfect shot of espresso should do?
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"paint the tongue"
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When was the first automatic espresso machine built?
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1933
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What was commercialized to help reduce the surplus of Brazilian coffee?
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Instant coffee
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Who developed and commercialized instant coffee that did not lose flavor?
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Nestle
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Who spent seven years perfecting their freeze dried instant coffee?
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Max Morgenthaler
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When did Nestle commercialize instant coffee?
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1938
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Before 1945, how were espresso machines made?
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They were steam-based
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Who invented the piston pump based espresso machine?
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Achille Gaggia
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What invention created the "crema" on an espresso shot?
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The piston pump based espresso machine
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When were piston based espresso machines invented?
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1945
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What does the word 'cappuccino' mean? |
little hood |
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How did the cappuccino get its name?
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The cap of foam on top of the drink reminded Italians of the Capuchins, the brown hooded monks in the area
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When did the word cappuccino come about?
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1948
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Who is credited with bringing custom coffee roasting to North America?
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Alfred Peet
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When did specialty coffee come to the United States?
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1966
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Who were three founders of Starbucks?
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Jerry Baldwin. Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker
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When did Starbucks open its first store?
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1971
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