Gamey, Gaminess : Other terms
which mean off in taste. Doesn't taste right but can explain what it is.
General average : An insurance
term meaning a loss arising from a voluntary and successful sacrifice or expenses
incurred under extraordinary circumstance for the purpose of averting a threatening
danger to the common safety.
GHB : Good Hard Bean.
Glazing : Coating the bean to
preserve the natural flavor.
Good Hard Bean : A grade of
coffee grown at altitudes above 3000 feet. Term varies depending on the country
where the bean is grown.
Grade : The measure of quality.
Green Coffee : Unroasted coffee
beans.
Group : The fixture protruding
from the front of an espresso machine which makes more than one cup at a time.
Java : An island of Indonesia.
An arabica cup of coffee. Any cup of coffee.
Kilogram : 2.2046 pounds.
Last bag notice : A term used
by cargo when the last bags are being unloaded. A term used by marketers defining
coffee which has been sold before arrival, when notice is given by cargo,the
importer can transfer ownership of the coffee.
Lavando Fino : Best grade of
Venezuelan coffee.
Laterals : Side branches, often
horizontal.
Limu : A low acid washed coffee,
typically from Ethiopia.
LGC :Low Grown Central.
Longberry harrar : A grade of
coffee from Ethiopia. The beans are larger than shortberries.
MAM : An acronym for Medelin,
Armenia, and Manizales Colombian coffees which are typically sold together in
one contract.
Maragogip : An extremely large
porous bean.
Mat : All Java coffee is exported
in mats weighing about 67 pounds.
Mature Coffee : Generally, a
term for coffee still in its parchment waiting for an order which is older than
one generation of crop.
Mazagran : The French name for
a drink composed of cold coffee and seltzer water.
Mbuni : Unwashed poor quality
coffee.
MC : Methylene Chloride; generally
used in Decaffeinated coffee.
Microwave Brewers :Brewers which
work in a microwave oven.
Middle Eastern Coffee : Another
term for Turkish Coffee, coffee ground to a fine powder, served grounds and
all.
Mild coffees : Coffees free
of the harsh flavor.
Mocha : A small irregular bean,
in color alive green. Has a unique acid character. Generally shipped from Mocha
Yemen. Sometimes; mixed with coffee shipped from Mocha Yemen.
Monsooned Coffee : Coffee deliberately
exposed to monsoon winds in open warehouse to increase body and reduce acidity.
Mulch : A layer of grass, leaves,
or compost, placed over the surface of the soil.
Musty : A flavor as a result
of overheating or lack of proper drying.
Old Crop : Any crop which has
been sitting around a long time. Generally, any crop which is older than one
crop. Depending on handling, this may not be aged or mature crop.
Open Pot : One of the oldest
methods, leave the coffee in an open pot where the grind separates from the
brew by settling or straining.
Parchment : The endocarp of
the coffee fruit. It lies between the fleshy part or pericarp and the silver
skin. Remove during hulling process.
Particular average : An insurance
term meaning a partial loss or damage to ship, cargo, or any of them resulting
directly from the perils of the voyage and of purely accidental nature.
PC, P/C : Past Crop; older than
one generation but still in parchment during storage.
Peaberry : A rounded bean from
an occasional coffee cherry which contains but one seed instead of the usual
flat sided pair.
Percolation : Any method of
brewing where the hot water is pumped up and gravity falls through the grind.
Pergamino : Parchment, Pergamino
coffee is coffee that has been dried after pulping fermenting and washing.
Pile : Coffee dried and hulled
by dry process.
Plantation coffee : Pergamino
or parchment coffee.
Points : Fluctuations of prices
on the commodities market. A term for grading coffee.
Primo Lavado : a grade of coffee
which includes most of the fine coffees of Mexico. Generally a contract term
which means the coffee is of good grade but not really specific.
Primary market : The market
in the country of production.
Pulping : The first step after
picking. Removing the outer skin of the berry.
PW : Prime Washed.
Pyrolysis : chemical breakdown
during roasting of fats and carbohydrates into oils which provide the flavor
and aroma.