23 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 23 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.In which country was coffee first drunk, by Sufi monasteries in the 15th century?
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
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