ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Barrel - CORRECT ANSWER - The section of a grinder that houses the coffee burrs and
where coffee grinds gather
Beverage weight - CORRECT ANSWER - A measurement of the size of a coffee
beverage that includes all the consumable coffee liquid, i.e., it does not include any brew water
that doesn't make it into the cup or service vessel
Blend - CORRECT ANSWER - Single-origin coffees combined together
Burrs - CORRECT ANSWER - The cutting/crushing disks used in most espresso and filter
grinders; usually, one burr is stationary and one spins.
Grind retention - CORRECT ANSWER - The sum total of all grinds contained inside a
grinder, between the burrs and the opening at the grinder throat
Grind setting - CORRECT ANSWER - The position on the grinder dial or collar that
stipulates how far apart the grinder burrs are set
Hands-free dosing - CORRECT ANSWER - A system of dosing coffee wherein the
portafilter latches into a housing on the grinder so that the barista doesn't need to hold the
portafilter as the grinds fall into the basket
Macro-adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER - A grind adjustment intended to correct a
recipe that has strayed to outside the shot time target range; it requires a purge of the grinder.
Micro-adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER - A minor grind adjustment that corrects a shot
time from the edge of the margin of error back to the middle; the change might be so small that