33 Coffee Trivia Questions and Answers
Coffee trivia about where coffee comes from and how it is made and served: the coffee plant, espresso, cappuccino and the other drinks of the Italian coffee bar, brewing devices, famous coffees and the first coffeehouses. Each answer is printed under its question.
There are 33 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.Coffee is brewed from the roasted seeds of which plant genus?
Answer: Coffea
Open this question2.What are the two most commonly grown coffee species?
Answer: Arabica and robusta
Open this question3.The earliest reports of coffee drinking, from the middle of the 15th century, concern the Sufis of which country?
Answer: Yemen
Open this question4.Which stimulant is found both in coffee beans and in the tea leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant?
Answer: Caffeine
Open this question5.Which concentrated coffee is made by forcing hot water through finely ground beans?
Answer: Espresso
Open this question6.In which country did espresso originate?
Answer: Italy
Open this question7.Which coffee drink is made of espresso and steamed milk with a layer of milk foam?
Answer: Cappuccino
Open this question8.Which coffee drink is espresso diluted with hot water?
Answer: Caffè Americano
Open this question9.Which espresso drink's Italian name means "stained" or "marked" coffee?
Answer: Caffè macchiato
Open this question10.In which city was Starbucks founded in 1971?
Answer: Seattle
Open this question11.Which coffee brewing device is also known as a cafetière or a press pot?
Answer: A French press
Open this question12.Which Hawaiian coffee is grown on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa?
Answer: Kona coffee
Open this question13.Which Caribbean country produces Blue Mountain coffee?
Answer: Jamaica
Open this question14.What is the name of the coffee made from beans eaten and excreted by the Asian palm civet?
Answer: Kopi luwak
Open this question15.Which Irish drink combines hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and cream?
Answer: Irish coffee
Open this question16.In what year did the first coffeehouse in London open?
Answer: 1652
Open this question17.Which stovetop coffee maker, named after the Yemeni city of Mokha, was popularized by Alfonso Bialetti?
Answer: The moka pot
Open this question18.What name is given to the removal of caffeine from coffee beans, cocoa and tea leaves?
Answer: Decaffeination
Open this question19.Which German merchant invented the first commercially successful decaffeination process in 1903?
Answer: Ludwig Roselius
Open this question20.What is the name of the coffee chain founded in Canada in 1964 by a hockey player?
Answer: Tim Hortons
Open this question21.What is the French name, meaning "half cup", for a small cup used to serve espresso?
Answer: Demitasse
Open this question22.What is the name of the instant coffee brand launched by Nestlé in 1938?
Answer: Nescafé
Open this question23.Which Italian coffee drink is espresso served with a shot of liquor such as grappa?
Answer: Caffè corretto
Open this question24.Which espresso shot is made with the same amount of ground coffee but half as much water?
Answer: Ristretto
Open this question25.Which coffee drink is a chocolate-flavoured variant of a caffè latte?
Answer: Caffè mocha
Open this question26.In which style of coffee are very finely ground beans prepared in a pot called a cezve?
Answer: Turkish coffee
Open this question27.Which Italian dessert is made with coffee-soaked ladyfingers and a cream containing mascarpone?
Answer: Tiramisu
Open this question28.Which Italian coffee dessert, whose name means "drowned", covers gelato or ice cream in espresso?
Answer: Affogato
Open this question29.What is the name for a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based drinks?
Answer: Barista
Open this question30.Which Vietnamese coffee drink is made by pouring coffee through a phin filter into sweetened condensed milk?
Answer: Vietnamese iced coffee
Open this question31.Which Greek iced coffee drink is generally made from instant coffee, water, sugar, ice and milk?
Answer: Frappé coffee
Open this question32.Who was granted a patent for a paper coffee filter in Berlin in 1908?
Answer: Melitta Bentz
Open this question33.In which brewing method are coarse-ground beans soaked in water for 12 to 24 hours?
Answer: Cold brew coffee
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