Acidity as a description of coffee, however, relates to the snapiness and life in the taste of the coffee. The full city roast of the Wild Goats' Arabian Mocha Sanani is an excellent example of a fine coffee with a tantalizing acidity that dances on one's palate. The aroma is the smell of brewed coffee while the bouquet is the smell of the coffee grounds only. A hard bean is a high-grade mountain grown coffee from Central or South America. Hard beans are produced in a cool climate and thus mature more slowly.
Cupping is a process of professional tasters.
Caf macho is the slang expression in Central and South America for the very highest grade of coffee. The Brazilian coffee plantation is called a fazenda , and there are nearly a quarter million of them. The ideal pressure for making espresso is 9 bars. A French Press is a pot with a narrow glass cylinder into which coffee and near-boiling water are placed. Then a meshed screen plunger is inserted.