Which country grows the most coffee?

Brazil. Brazil grows roughly a third of the world’s coffee.

Which drink is traditionally a third espresso, a third steamed milk and a third foam?

Cappuccino. A latte has much more milk and only a thin layer of foam.

What gives Earl Grey tea its flavour?

Bergamot. Bergamot is a fragrant citrus fruit grown mostly in southern Italy.

What is a coffee bean, really?

The seed of a fruit. Coffee “beans” are the seeds inside a red fruit called a coffee cherry.

What is matcha made from?

Ground green tea leaves. With matcha you drink the whole leaf, ground into a fine powder.

Which usually has the most caffeine?

A mug of filter coffee. Espresso is stronger per sip, but a full mug of filter coffee usually wins overall.

Which coffee bean has more caffeine?

Robusta. Robusta has roughly twice the caffeine of Arabica and tastes more bitter.

Darjeeling tea comes from which country?

India. Darjeeling is a hilly district in West Bengal, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

An affogato is espresso poured over what?

Ice cream. Affogato means “drowned” in Italian.

In the legend of coffee’s discovery, what was the goat herder called?

Kaldi. The story says Kaldi’s goats got lively after eating coffee cherries in Ethiopia.

Which drink is espresso topped up with hot water?

Americano. The story goes that it’s named after American soldiers in Italy who watered down their espresso.

What does “macchiato” mean in Italian?

Stained. An espresso macchiato is espresso “stained” with a dash of milk foam.

What’s the golden-brown layer on top of a fresh espresso called?

Crema. Crema is a foam of coffee oils and tiny gas bubbles, made when hot water is forced through the grounds under pressure.

Green, black and oolong tea all come from which plant?

Camellia sinensis. The difference comes from how the leaves are processed, especially how much they oxidise.

Rooibos tea comes from which country?

South Africa. Rooibos isn’t a true tea at all, and it’s naturally caffeine-free.

Masala chai is a spiced milky tea from which country?

India. “Chai” simply means tea in Hindi and many other languages.

Which country drinks the most tea per person?

Turkey. Turkey tops the table, usually drinking its tea strong and black from small tulip-shaped glasses.

Yerba mate is traditionally sipped from a gourd in which country?

Argentina. It’s drunk through a metal straw with a filter on the end, called a bombilla.

Does decaf coffee contain any caffeine?

A small amount. Decaffeinating removes most of the caffeine, but a small trace always remains.

In which city did England’s first coffee house open, around 1650?

Oxford. Oxford got there first. London’s first coffee house opened a couple of years later.