Barista Hustle Chapter 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Capacitor (Run-capacitor) - CORRECT ANSWER - The part on a grinder that helps create
extra torque to get the motor spinning and to add efficiency while the motor is spinning.
Capillary action - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces
against the force of gravity.
Channelling - CORRECT ANSWER - A critical unevenness during extraction, where a
large amount of brew water travels through one localised areas.
Choke up your grinder - CORRECT ANSWER - Where beans have at some point been
ground excessively fine and have compacted together so firmly that they are no longer able to
slide out the grinder throat.
Convex tamper - CORRECT ANSWER - A tamper that has a base that is curved like a
small section of a ball.
Dissolved coffee solids - CORRECT ANSWER - Parts of the coffee bean that have been
removed from the coffee grinds and bonded with water molecules to become liquid.
Naked Portafilter - CORRECT ANSWER - A bottomless portafilter that has had the
spouts and the bottom of the section that fits around the filter basket removed.
Side Channelling - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of channelling where the majority of
the flow occurs around the edges of the coffee bed between the filter basket and the coffee puck.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Capacitor (Run-capacitor) - CORRECT ANSWER - The part on a grinder that helps create
extra torque to get the motor spinning and to add efficiency while the motor is spinning.
Capillary action - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces
against the force of gravity.
Channelling - CORRECT ANSWER - A critical unevenness during extraction, where a
large amount of brew water travels through one localised areas.
Choke up your grinder - CORRECT ANSWER - Where beans have at some point been
ground excessively fine and have compacted together so firmly that they are no longer able to
slide out the grinder throat.
Convex tamper - CORRECT ANSWER - A tamper that has a base that is curved like a
small section of a ball.
Dissolved coffee solids - CORRECT ANSWER - Parts of the coffee bean that have been
removed from the coffee grinds and bonded with water molecules to become liquid.
Naked Portafilter - CORRECT ANSWER - A bottomless portafilter that has had the
spouts and the bottom of the section that fits around the filter basket removed.
Side Channelling - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of channelling where the majority of
the flow occurs around the edges of the coffee bed between the filter basket and the coffee puck.
