233 Coffee Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, enjoyed by millions of people every day. From the history of coffee to the different brewing methods and varieties, there is a wealth of trivia questions that can be asked about this beloved drink. Whether you're a coffee aficionado or just looking to test your knowledge, these coffee trivia questions are sure to be both informative and entertaining.

Here are some examples of coffee trivia questions you might come across: What is the world's most widely-cultivated coffee bean? What is the most common method of brewing coffee? What country is the largest coffee exporter? What is the difference between a latte and a cappuccino? These questions cover various aspects of coffee, including its history, cultivation, brewing methods, and popular varieties.

In addition to the more technical aspects of coffee, there are also many fun and interesting facts to learn about. For example, did you know that the world's oldest coffee plant is over 100 years old? Or that the world's most expensive coffee is made from the feces of a specific type of Asian palm civet? These trivia questions will not only test your knowledge, but also give you a glimpse into the many fascinating aspects of the world of coffee.

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233 Coffee Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)

1. What is the programming language developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and named after the type of coffee from Indonesia?

Answer: Java

2. In early 2023, Starbucks announced the Oleato—coffee mixed with the extra virgin kind of which popular oil?

Answer: Olive

3. In 2011, which coffee company claimed it was the first business to launch a mobile payment platform?

Answer: Starbucks

4. Just down the street from Monica's apartment, Central Perk was a fictional coffee shop and gathering spot for the title characters of what long-running sitcom?

Answer: Friends

5. Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert?

Answer: Tiramisu

6. New Orleans' Café du Monde is famous for its café au lait made with coffee that's been mixed with  the root of what plant, developed by Louisiana Creoles when coffee was in short supply?

Answer: Chicory

7. When Jeffrey Lebowski uses vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream to make himself a cocktail he sometimes calls it a "caucasian," but the more standard name is what two-word phrase?

Answer: White Russian

8. A cup of drip coffee with a shot of espresso added is called what? It’s also a word used to describe an overnight flight on an airline.

Answer: Redeye

9. Famous for its beignets and coffee-and-chicory roast, Cafe du Monde has operated since 1862 in the French Market of what American city?

Answer: New Orleans

10. What decadent Italian dessert is classically made with coffee-dunked savoiardi layered with a whip of egg yolks, sugar, and mascarpone?

Answer: Tiramisu

11. Coffee became more popular in America in the 1770s. At the time, many people had stopped drinking tea as a patriotic act. What was the name of the famous protest that inspired them to boycott the beverage?

Answer: The Boston Tea Party

12. Traditionally made of brass or copper, a cezve is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed to make which type of coffee? This type of coffee is named after a country whose capital is Ankara.

Answer: Turkish

13. Many people think her lawsuit was frivolous, but Stella Liebeck needed skin grafts for the third-degree burns the drive-thru disaster caused. She just wanted McDonald’s to pay $20,000 to cover her medical bills. When they said no, the case picked up steam. Which menu item was involved in the famous 1994 product liability suit?

Answer: Coffee

14. Grind the beans very finely. Brew them in a pot called a cezve. Ta-da! UNESCO recognizes that Turkish preparation technique for what beverage as an Intangible Cultural Heritage?

Answer: Coffee

15. What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?

Answer: mocha

16. What Starbucks instant coffee brand has a three-letter name that is also a preposition frequently seen on travel itineraries?

Answer: Via

17. I will now ask you to have a think | And see if you can find the link | Sugar, Jameson, and cream | Add a steaming mug of caffeine | Now what is the name of the drink?

Answer: Irish Coffee

18. Bill Murray has coffee at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania's fictional Tip Top Cafe over and over in what 1993 comedy?

Answer: Groundhog Day

19. A sweet, light roast coffee sold by AmazonFresh is “Just” what? An adjective sometimes used to describe something that gives out or reflects a lot of light.

Answer: Just Bright

20. The Kona Coast of Hawaii's Big Island is the only major production area in the U.S. of what crop?

Answer: Coffee

21. What pop singer was, somewhat predictably, asked by TIME in an interview whether she always ordered a grande size at Starbucks? She responded with: "No, sometimes I get that venti, you know? Some days that’s what you need in your life...I love soy lattes. Obviously I don’t have dairy because I’m a vegan, but they taste out of this world to me."

Answer: Ariana Grande

22. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber partnered with what coffee-and-donuts chain in 2021 to rebrand their donut holes as "Timbiebs?"

Answer: Tim Hortons

23. What restaurant chain was founded as Danny's Donuts in 1953 before dropping the latter word and eventually slightly altering the first word in 1959?

Answer: Denny's

24. Mild, not bitter: that describes ska and Blue Mountain coffee, both products of what Caribbean nation?

Answer: Jamaica

25. Folgers coffee is roasted not too far from the World War II Museum and Café du Monde, in what Southern U.S. city?

Answer: New Orleans

26. Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an affogato contains espresso poured over what other star ingredient?

Answer: Gelato

27. What Canadian coffee and donut franchise was named after a professional hockey player who died in a car crash in 1974?

Answer: Tim Hortons

28. What Chicago-based coffee brand has a 14-letter name that means the highly educated members of a society as a group?

Answer: Intelligentsia

29. The British chef Jamie Oliver recommends adding 500ml of coffee to what saucy, spiced meat and sometimes bean dish? Hint: He claims that this is a "nod to his cowboy friends."

Answer: Chili Con Carne

30. What district of Hawaii's "Big Island" is famous for the coffee grown on the slopes of volcanoes like Mauna Loa?

Answer: Kona

31. Played by the director of the film, Quentin Tarantino, Jimmie Dimmick is a serious coffee connoisseur whose brew impresses Jules and Vincent in a scene from what 1994 film?

Answer: Pulp Fiction

32. Featuring a logo with a deer that looks like it's thinking about converting to Christianity and a name meaning "master hunter," what German booze brand released their own Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur in 2019?

Answer: Jägermeister

33. The world largely grows two different species of coffee. What are these most popular species?

Answer: Robusta and Arabica

34. Juan Valdez is a fictional advertising mascot invented in the 1950s by a growers association in Colombia to represent the typical farmer of what crop?

Answer: Coffee

35. Taiwanese barista Xie Yi-chen won the final round of the 2024 Latte Art Championships by creating designs that resembled a moose, a whale, and what legendary Taiwanese creature whose name is "long" or "loong" in Chinese?

Answer: Dragon

36. What famous British rock band partnered with Keurig to create a limited edition coffeemaker? The set, named "Start Me Up," comes with a limited edition coffeemaker, iced coffee tumbler, and special coffee pods.

Answer: Rolling Stones

37. "Starfish and Coffee" is a lesser-known song from the 1987 album "Sign O' the Times," by what late, great, one-named Minnesotan?

Answer: Prince

38. Sourced from Colombia, Dios Mío is the celebrity coffee brand of what Colombian "Modern Family" and "Griselda" star?

Answer: Sofía Vergara

39. Coffee beans are found as the pit inside of a fruit which is typically what color?

Answer: Red or Purple

40. What coffee company/coffeehouse chain was founded in Edina, Minnesota, and in 2021, merged with Panera Bread and Einstein Bros. Bagels to form Panera Brands? Hint: It’s name was inspired by a trip to Alaska.

Answer: Caribou Coffee

41. What sweetened dairy product is commonly used to make Vietnamese iced coffee?

Answer: Condensed Milk

42. Pouring a little hot water on coffee grounds and letting it sit for about half a minute gives the carbon dioxide in the roasted beans a chance to escape. Doing this floral-sounding thing will give your brew a richer flavor. What’s it called?

Answer: Bloom

43. A shot of espresso that has been "fixed" by adding a small amount of grappa, sambuca, or other liquor is known by what "C" term?

Answer: Corretto

44. Agent Dale Cooper declares the coffee at the Double R Diner "a damn fine cup" in the first episode of what cult classic TV show?

Answer: Twin Peaks

45. Associated with an iconic restaurant and cafe chain from this nation, in which country could you expect to hear the phrase "Double-Double" as part of a coffee order, meaning two servings of sugar and two servings of cream?

Answer: Canada

46. What drink would you ask for if you want two shots of espresso? Hint: The name means “double” in Italian.

Answer: Doppio

47. Folgers, Dunkin, and Café Bustelo are all owned by which American food and beverage manufacturer that’s most well-known for Jif peanut butter and Uncrustables?

Answer: JM Smucker

48. 95% of coffee beans develop as "flat berries," but about 5% of them develop into berries with what name, thanks to their rounder and legume-like shape? Tanzanian coffee is often associated with this type of berry.

Answer: Peaberries

49. One of the best coffees in the world, yirgacheffe, comes from the town of Yirga Chefe in what East African country?

Answer: Ethiopia

50. According to Islamic legend, what vocation—which demands a lot of wandering—was held by Kaldi, who discovered the coffee plant in Ethiopia in the 9th century?

Answer: Goatherd

51. A coffee documentary by Marc James Francis and Nick Francis about an Ethiopian coffee manager trying to get better prices for his workers' coffee has what name usually associated with oil?

Answer: Black Gold

52. The hourglass-shaped pour over coffeemaker produced by what Massachusetts-based company was named "one of the best-designed products of modern times" and is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art?

Answer: Chemex

53. According to Blake, the top salesman played by Alec Baldwin who is brought in to inspire the lackluster crew of the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, "Coffee is" for what type of people?

Answer: Closers

54. What famous single serve coffee pod brand, launched in 1998, is actually the brainchild of the same company that brought you a popular soft drink with a medicinal moniker that’s part of the company’s official name?

Answer: Keurig

55. Along with vanilla and chocolate, coffee was one of the three original flavors of what ice cream brand, which was founded in the Bronx despite its European-sounding name?

Answer: Haagen-Dazs

56. Literally translating as "drink coffee," Toma Café is a beloved coffee shop in the Malasaña neighborhood of what European capital city?

Answer: Madrid

57. Following a 2006 acquisition, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters changed the company's official name. What was the name of this popular brewing-machinery company acquired by the Vermont coffee company?

Answer: Keurig

58. The sour, white drizz atop a Sonoran hot dog shares what name with the thin layer of foam atop an espresso?

Answer: Crema

59. According to "The Coffee Song" as made famous by Frank Sinatra, "they've got an awful lot of coffee in" what South American nation?

Answer: Brazil

60. The first known instance of banning coffee was in a Saudi Arabian holy city in 1511 as the drink was believed to stimulate radical thinking. What was this anti-joe city?

Answer: Mecca

61. A place where you would order a cup of joe and the name of Swiss food conglomerate make up the portmanteau of what instant coffee brand?

Answer: Nescafé

62. Coffee plus hot milk in an approximately 1:1 ratio is frequently known by what three-word French name, which is also used to mean a light-brown color that resembles the drink?

Answer: Café au lait

63. Made from rum, sugar, and arabica coffee, what liqueur and White Russian ingredient gets its name from the name of a pre-colonial Mexican society?

Answer: Kahlúa

64. Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was the owner of what now-relocated NBA franchise from 2001-2006?

Answer: Seattle SuperSonics

65. Named for a Nashville hotel and perfect for a pick-me-up, what American coffee brand anagrams to ME SEXUAL HOWL?

Answer: Maxwell House

66. “My true love gave to me, 10 cups of coffee, eight chicken sandwiches, seven T-bone steaks, four eggs a fryin’, three sausage patties, two waffles baking, and a bowl of delicious hot grits." That's from a version of "12 Days of Christmas" on an album put out by what scattered-smothered-and-covered Southern breakfast chain?

Answer: Waffle House

67. What is the name for a drink consisting of espresso diluted with hot water, or a cocktail containing Campari and sweet vermouth?

Answer: Americano

68. In Costa Rica, it is illegal to produce any kind of coffee bean other than what bean that makes up over 60% of global production?

Answer: Arabica

69. Which German composer of “Ode to Joy” was an obsessive coffee fan, reportedly insisting on exactly 60 beans being used in his daily cup?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

70. The Blue Mountains are famous for the coffee grown in the area and they are also the highest range on what Caribbean island?

Answer: Jamaica

71. What’s the electric-sounding C-term means you’ve weighed your beans and you’re ready to load the roaster?

Answer: Charge

72. Cobie Smulders played private eye Dex Parios in a Portland-set crime drama that shares what name with a prominent Rose City coffee roaster?

Answer: Stumptown

73. Somewhat counterintuitively, coffee that scores high in what measure is characterized by a crisp, sharp, and pleasant aftertaste?

Answer: Acidity

74. Pat and Lorraine's Coffee Shop in LA provides a key setting for what 1992 heist movie, featuring colorfully named characters like Mr. Pink, Mr. White, and Mr. Blonde?

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

75. Although it was first planted in 1808, by the 1820s it had surpassed tobacco, sugar, and cacao as a primary export of Costa Rica and remained a key source of the country's wealth into the 20th century. What is it?

Answer: Coffee

76. The American tea company Teavana was purchased by what coffee giant in 2012 for an estimated purchase price of $620 million? Although Teavana's stores were eventually shut down, their products continued to be sold in the stores of the company that bought them.

Answer: Starbucks

77. What German composer wrote the "Coffee Cantata" in the 1730s, about a young woman who ignores her father's many attempts to get her to stop drinking coffee?

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

78. What American chain localizes its fare with offerings such as Turkish coffee in the Republic of Georgia and versions of its signature product stuffed with kimchi in South Korea and topped with fish flakes in China?

Answer: Dunkin' Donuts

79. Discuss! "Coffee Talk" was a longtime "Saturday Night Live" series of sketches starring what comic actor as Linda Richman?

Answer: Mike Myers

80. Buddy happens upon a NYC shop that claims to have the "World's Best Cup of Coffee" and excitedly congratulates the staff about it in what classic Christmas movie?

Answer: Elf

81. "Black Coffee" is the title track of the 1956 debut album by what jazz and pop singer famous for songs like "Fever" and "Hallelujah, I Love Him So?"

Answer: Peggy Lee

82. In 2017, Starbucks created a bright pink and blue Frappuccino that quickly went viral, named after what mythical creature?

Answer: Unicorn

83. Espresso Pump was a fictional coffee shop on what Sarah Michelle Gellar TV series that aired from 1997 to 2003?

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

84. What type of coffee grinder, which features two revolving abrasive surfaces through which beans pass, delivers a more consistent grind than a blade grinder?

Answer: Burr grinder

85. What Travel Channel show focused on the perils of coffee company La Colombe Torrefaction owner Todd Carmichael's work, including avoiding warlords and sleeping under his car?

Answer: Dangerous Grounds

86. Monk's Cafe, with its exterior proclaiming itself as "Tom's Restaurant," was a favorite NYC hangout for the characters of what long-running sitcom?

Answer: Seinfeld

87. Mostly sold in Scandinavia, what coffee brand's name reflects its origins in the coastal Swedish town of Gävle?

Answer: Gevalia

88. "Make that coffee to go" is an iconic line from Joe Pesci's character in what 1990 gangster film?

Answer: GoodFellas

89. You’ll know it’s ripe when the skin of the coffee berry turns bright red. The tree’s berries share a name with which tart fruit that’s good for pies?

Answer: Cherry

90. When it was founded in 1966, the coffee roaster took the last name of the entrepreneur behind it (even though it sounds like a first name). If you brew up some “Major Dickinson’s Blend” to start your day, which popular brand of java are you drinking?

Answer: Peet's

91. Doutor Coffee is a company that specializes in coffee roasting. In which East Asian country was Doutor Coffee founded in 1976?

Answer: Japan

92. The beans you use for your morning brew are various shades of brown depending on the roast—but that’s not what they look like in nature. What color are raw coffee beans?

Answer: Green

93. Also known as a siphon, what kind of coffee maker uses two chambers, vapor pressure, and gravity to brew. Coffee snobs might think this method sucks…

Answer: Vacuum

94. Which coffee brand with a lady’s first and middle name can be found by the bag or pod in your local supermarket (with flavors like Chocolate Raspberry Truffle and Butter Toffee) or as its own storefront at the mall?

Answer: Gloria Jean's

95. What’s the name of the pot that uses hot water and steam to brew coffee on the stovetop at a lower pressure than an espresso machine? Hint: It’s not spelled the same, but it sounds like a chocolatey espresso drink.

Answer: Moka

96. While it is impossible to confirm, a popular legend suggests that the popularity of coffee in Europe did not truly take off until after 1600, when it was supposedly blessed by which religious figure?

Answer: The Pope

97. Coffee milk, a mix of milk and coffee-flavored syrup produced by local companies like Autocrat, is the official drink of what New England state?

Answer: Rhode Island

98. "Hot Coffee" was a controversial modification to the San Andreas edition of what car-stealing video game franchise?

Answer: Grand Theft Auto

99. Coffee roasting has three main steps: the drying stage, roasting stage, and what stage that goes in between?

Answer: Browning

100. "Coffee Town," a 2013 film about a man who schemes to save his favorite coffee shop, was the first (and only) feature film produced by what comedy website? As its name suggests, the website caters to a young adult demographic.

Answer: CollegeHumor

101. It might make you want to pop a Rolaid just thinking about it, but which A-word refers to a nice tartness or “brightness” of a roast?

Answer: Acidity

102. Which cultivar of coffee, considered one of the two main cultivars, shares its name with a type of whiskey, a type of biscuit, and a variety of vanilla?

Answer: Bourbon

103. Fictional Seattle coffee shop Cafe Nervosa is a recurring location on what sitcom that ran from 1993 to 2004?

Answer: Frasier

104. Arabica coffee, combined with rum and sugar, is the main ingredient of what liqueur produced in Veracruz, Mexico?

Answer: Kahlua

105. Sharing his name with an early U.S. President, which Belgium-born inventor is often credited with developing the first mass-produced instant coffee, in the process founding a company bearing his name?

Answer: George Washington (of the G. Washington Coffee Company)

106. Cafe Gaelach, a drink made of hot coffee, whiskey, sugar, and cream, is typically better known by what two-word name in English?

Answer: Irish Coffee

107. What band behind "Tempted" scored a smaller U.S. hit with the 1982 track "Black Coffee in Bed?"

Answer: Squeeze

108. What cup, French for "half-cup," is typically used to serve espresso?

Answer: Demitasse

109. Which coffee roaster and brand based in Oakland focuses on making brews with high-quality ingredients and single-origin beans, was partly acquired by Nestle in 2017, and has a name that brings up an image of a colorful coffee container?

Answer: Blue Bottle

110. With all the suction tubes and siphoning, which coffee brewing method looks futuristic but was actually developed in the 1800s? Hint: Despite the name, you couldn’t use the pot to clean up spilled coffee grounds…

Answer: Vacuum

111. What coffee chain, local to the western United States, is based in Grants Pass, Oregon—not, as the name might suggest, Amsterdam or The Hague?

Answer: Dutch Bros.

112. McCafe, a coffee house style food and beverage chain owned by McDonalds was started in 1993 in which country?

Answer: Australia

113. What cold country, where the word "kakkukahvi" refers to a snack of coffee and cake, drinks the most coffee in the world—eight or nine cups a day per person?

Answer: Finland

114. In 1908, a housewife from Berlin named Melitta Bentz invented and got a patent for which essential paper tool for brewing coffee?

Answer: Filter

115. Starbucks' first store was opened in 1971 in Seattle and took its name from a character in what seafaring novel?

Answer: Moby Dick

116. "Cafe com leite politics," or "coffee with milk politics," was a term used to describe the dominance of the coffee industry in 19th and 20th century politics in what country?

Answer: Brazil

117. Respectively portrayed by Ryan Stiles and Diedrich Bader, Lewis and Oswald invented their own coffee and alcohol blended brew called Buzz Beer on what ‘90s sitcom that starred a comedian who hosted “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

Answer: The Drew Carey Show

118. The methods of coffee decaffeination are water, a mixture of solvents and water, and a mixture of water and "supercritical" carbon dioxide. Within five percentage points, what percentage of caffeine is removed by these methods?

Answer: 97

119. In Japan, coffee that’s ready to drink and even available to buy at the right temperature for the current season comes in which metallic receptacle instead of bottles, bags, or pods?

Answer: Can

120. The first Starbucks can be found at what famous and alliterative Seattle, Washington marketplace?

Answer: Pike Place Market

121. In 2013, a coffee shop in Vancouver became the first place to have a Bitcoin ATM. What country was it in?

Answer: Canada

122. Although it now is grown in many parts of the world, coffee was native to East Africa. But in what Middle Eastern country were the seeds of the coffee fruit (what we call the coffee beans) first roasted and ground?

Answer: Yemen

123. The biochemical reactions that occur when coffee is roasted and which contribute to coffee's characteristic color and aroma are named after what French physician who discovered and described them in 1910? These reactions also occur in other foods when they are roasted or seared.

Answer: Louis Camille Maillard

124. According to company legend, what coffee-flavored Jamaican liqueur, similar to Kahlua, is named for a female servant who helped a young Spanish woman flee a Jamaican plantation?

Answer: Tia Maria

125. In North America, it is called a French press, or sometimes a plunger pot. What is this device for making coffee called in the UK.?

Answer: Cafetière

126. Hawaii and Puerto Rico contribute to the global coffee industry, but only one state in the contiguous U.S. grows beans. Which one is it?

Answer: California

127. A coffee enema is a popular version of a detoxifying cleanse for which part of the GI tract?

Answer: Colon

128. On what South Asian island did the Dutch establish the first European-owned coffee plantation in 1616? The island nation also produces tea.

Answer: Sri Lanka (former name Ceylon)

129. In 2023, what fast food brand released a line of cold brew beverages meant to taste like its iconic chocolate and vanilla frozen drinks?

Answer: Wendy's

130. Spiked, a line of boozy coffees and iced teas, is a new product in 2023 offered by what fast-food chain that "America runs on," according to their advertising?

Answer: Dunkin'

131. The children of which coffee-loving American president opened the Double R Coffee House in New York City, its success bolstered by the onset of Prohibition two months after opening day?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

132. Coffee plants were introduced to the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi by what European nation in the 17th century?

Answer: Netherlands

133. The roots of what plant in the Asteraceae family have long been used in places like the American South, East Germany, and throughout the Mediterranean as a cheaper alternative when coffee is not available?

Answer: Chicory

134. Sidamo, Genika and Harar are regional varieties of coffee beans from what African country for whom coffee makes up over a quarter of its national exports?

Answer: Ethiopia

135. What coffee company that features styles such as "St. Drogo Ethiopian Medium Roast," "St. Thomas Aquinas Honey Blend," and "St. Patrick's Irish Cream" has the motto "Grounded in Faith"?

Answer: Catholic Coffee

136. Although they sound a little unfocused, which Britpop band led by Damon Albarn released the song "Coffee & TV" in 1999?

Answer: Blur

137. Robert Silber, who had previously started a cigarette rolling-paper business, founded what coffee company on a whim after tasting the coffee of a local shop in Vermont?

Answer: Green Mountain

138. What term, which is shared with a type of preparation for espresso coffee, is used to describe a type of gravy popular in the southern United States that typically incorporates black coffee?

Answer: Red-eye Gravy

139. Restaurant Brands International is a conglomerate whose brands include Burger King, Popeye's Chicken, and what Canadian-based coffee and donuts stores?

Answer: Tim Hortons

140. Unlike other islands in Indonesia, what island got its coffee industry going not by Dutch colonial plantations but by plants imported by traders from the island of Lombok in the early 20th century?

Answer: Bali

141. A desire to monitor the level of the coffee pot in the Trojan Room of Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory led to the invention of the world's first of what type of now-common hardware?

Answer: Webcam

142. A Vietnamese form of coffee preparation known as Ca Phe Trung includes the addition of what unusual ingredient, also often found at breakfast?

Answer: Egg

143. Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu are the primary coffee growing regions in what Asian nation?

Answer: India

144. Radicchio and Belgian endive are both varieties of what woody, perennial crop, whose roots are often cultivated as an additive to (or replacement for) coffee?

Answer: Chicory

145. What brand of Coca-Cola coffee drinks, which was first introduced in Japan and has since been expanded to other Asian markets, is named for the company's U.S. home locale?

Answer: Georgia

146. Inspired by observing a cafe near the Pantheon in Rome in 1975, Eric Favre invented what coffee brewing system that was first sold to consumers in 1986 in Japan, Italy, and Switzerland?

Answer: Nespresso

147. Pioneer Coffee and Spice Mills, which opened in San Francisco in 1850, was the first company to sell pre-roasted and pre-ground coffee. After an employee bought out the partners, it became what well known brand?

Answer: Folgers Coffee

148. The method of making cold brew by dripping cold water very slowly over ground coffee was developed in the 1600s in what country?

Answer: Japan

149. Kapeng barako, a variety of Coffea liberica, is grown in the Batangas and Cavite provinces of what country, where it's among the most popular coffee varieties?

Answer: The Philippines

150. What was the last name of the Italian grocer Luigi, who founded the brand known as "Italy's Favorite Coffee" in Turin in 1895?

Answer: Lavazza

151. In Italy, cafes where the patron stood to drink their coffee (such as the Caffé Maranesi in Florence) came to be known by what name?

Answer: American Bars

152. A coffee-making process called "bunna," which requires a pot called a "jebena" and a cup called a "cini," can be found in what country, reputed to be the origin of the coffee plant?

Answer: Ethiopia

153. A traditional Mexican coffee preparation includes cinnamon and cane sugar, and is served in a traditional clay pot with what four-letter name familiar to crossword enthusiasts?

Answer: Olla

154. Mazagran, a cold sweetened coffee drink that is often called the "original iced coffee," originated in 19th century Algeria among soldiers in the Foreign Legion of what country?

Answer: France

155. During a 2023 Super Bowl commercial, Dunkin’ introduced what "royal" menu line of food and coffee drinks, repped by Ben Affleck and including Hazelnut Heartthrob Iced Coffee?

Answer: DunKings

156. Of the countries in the world where Spanish is an official language, which one produces the most coffee including Sofía Vergara's Dios Mío brand?

Answer: Colombia

157. What company founded by the inventor of the coffee filter was the first coffee producer to offer pre-ground, vacuum-packed coffee in Germany?

Answer: Melitta

158. What direct-to-consumer American coffee subscription service also sells its beans in firing ranges, tactical stores, and select Bass Pro Shops?

Answer: Black Rifle Coffee Company

159. Also simply called "coffee tasting," what's the name of the practice of observing the taste and smell of brewed coffee in a fashion similar to wine tasting?

Answer: Coffee Cupping

160. On what Hawaiian island would you find the largest coffee farm in the U.S., which produces half of the arabica beans grown in the country?

Answer: Kauai

161. Which German brand of organic, fair trade instant coffee has a geological-sounding name, promotes a green lifestyle, and offers a behind-the-scenes film of their adventurous production process that start in Papua New Guinea?

Answer: Mount Hagen

162. Of the two most cultivated species of coffee beans, which has the higher level of caffeine?

Answer: Robusta

163. What common coffee brewing process was first patented by American James Nason in 1865?

Answer: Percolator

164. What American coffee brand, founded in Boston in 1864 by its two namesake founders, was the first to pack and ship coffee in sealed tins?

Answer: Chase & Sanborn

165. Although its landmark ornate "Federal Coffee Palace" has since been demolished, what Australian city is still known today as the capital of the country's coffee culture?

Answer: Melbourne

166. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, how much caffeine in milligrams can an adult consume in a day without having dangerous side effects?

Answer: 400

167. Both the first ever Starbucks, and the famous fictional coffee shop Cafe Nervosa are located in which West-Coast U.S. city, which is said to consume more coffee per capita than in any other American city?

Answer: Seattle

168. If you need the biggest cup of coffee ever to start your day, you’re probably just being dramatic. But if you’re serious about a super-sized cup of joe, the world record for largest cup of coffee was over 7,000 U.S. gallons. What country achieved the feat in 2022?

Answer: Mexico

169. "The Coffee-House of Surat," in which five followers of major world religions discuss their faiths in an Indian coffee house, was written by what legendary Russian short story writer and novelist?

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

170. The digital EP release of what hit 2024 pop single contains remixes subtitled "Double Shot," "Decaf," and "Mochapella?"

Answer: Espresso

171. Over a million consumers started getting their "jolt" from Mr. Coffee drip-brew machines in 1974 after the brand hired what retired New York Yankee as a spokesperson?

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

172. What type of French cake, made from layers of almond sponge cake and coffee syrup, gets its name from the many-tiered venue it resembles?

Answer: Opera Cake

173. "Tasseography" is a word that refers to the practice of using coffee grounds (or tea leaves) to perform what activity?

Answer: Fortune-telling

174. What entertainment legend got his start filming commercials for a D.C.-area coffee company called Wilkins Company, which featured a pair of puppets named Wilkins and Wontkins?

Answer: Jim Henson

175. A coffee drink made from a base of hot espresso, a middle thick layer of fresh cream and mint syrup, and an upper thin layer of cocoa powder, is named for what Italian city 25 miles to the west of Venice?

Answer: Padua

176. Dragonfly Inn and Stars Hollow Blends are some of the specialty coffee blends produced by Luke's Coffee, a brand founded by Scott Patterson, an actor on what show that ran from 2000 to 2007?

Answer: Gilmore Girls

177. With some commercial models costing more than $30,000, what Florence-based company makes top-of-the-line espresso machines such as the Strada X?

Answer: La Marzocco

178. The seeds of what vegetable, more famous for its use as a thickener in gumbo, have been ground and used as a caffeine-free substitute for coffee?

Answer: Okra

179. What "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actress and comedian released a concept album about coffee called "Foam and Flotsam" in 2020?

Answer: Chelsea Peretti

180. Cafe Central and Cafe Pruckel are two well-known coffeehouses in what European city, whose "coffee house culture" was named an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2011?

Answer: Vienna

181. What "Red City" of Morocco is home to the luxurious and popular Bacha Coffee House inside the Dar el Bacha, or "House of the Pasha?"

Answer: Marrakesh

182. The Lakewood, California coffee shop that began as Danny's Donuts in 1953 transformed over time into what ubiquitous American chain restaurant, with just one letter changed along the way?

Answer: Denny's

183. “Thin,” “balanced,” “syrupy,” or “full” are just a few adjectives that describe what attribute of a coffee roast? The word could also be used in a different way to describe a barista’s habitus or hair quality.

Answer: Body

184. What international coffee franchise named after its feminine founder may be headquartered in Sydney, but was actually started in Chicago in the 1970s?

Answer: Gloria Jean's Coffees

185. Coffee maker Maxwell House has used what iconic five-word slogan since 1915, which is also suggested by the company's logo?

Answer: Good to the last drop

186. What European country, one of the largest consumers of coffee per capita in the world, has a longstanding tradition of coffee breaks called "fika," a term derived from the word "kaffi?"

Answer: Sweden

187. To cure what ails you, dip over to Café du Monde for some of their chicory coffee and what signature deep fried pastry made from pâte à choux?

Answer: Beignet

188. A British Columbia cafe made news in early 2025 when it began selling a familiar coffee beverage with what new name?

Answer: Canadiano

189. A 1993 short film by Paul Thomas Anderson and a 2003 collection of short films by Jim Jarmusch both have titles that pair coffee with what accompaniment?

Answer: Cigarettes

190. Often dubbed the most valuable in the world, Geisha (or Gesha) was discovered in the mountainous Gesha region of what African nation, also home to Yirgacheffe and Kaffa?

Answer: Ethiopia

191. Barista Cole McBride won the 2018 U.S. Barista Championships, the 17th person to hold the honor. In what state was Cole a barista in?

Answer: Washington

192. Equal parts espresso and warm milk, what coffee drink gets its name from the Spanish for "cut"?

Answer: Cortado

193. What P-word to a geologist means the movement of water through rock and to a barista means the movement of water through coffee grounds?

Answer: Percolation

194. What was the last name of the 17th century entrepreneur "of London" whose namesake coffee house provided a reliable meeting place for sailors and merchants, and which led to the establishment of a longstanding insurance market and journal?

Answer: Lloyd

195. What is the coffee drink, similar to a caffe latte but with a thinner, more velvety layer of foam, that was first described in Australia in the 1980s but is also claimed as a local invention by New Zealanders?

Answer: Flat White

196. Famous for his eponymous talk show, which celeb once quipped "If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever?"

Answer: David Letterman

197. According to the David Mamet play "Glengarry Glen Ross" about real estate salesmen and its 1992 film adaptation, what beverage is "for closers only?"

Answer: Coffee

198. A dessert with three layers of coffee-soaked almond cake, a layer of espresso-flavored icing, a layer of chocolate ganache, and a chocolate glaze topping, has what musical name?

Answer: opera

199. In 1992, newlyweds John and Kim Puckett were inspired by the beautiful sight of a herd of animals in Denali National Park to start what Minneapolis-based coffee chain?

Answer: Caribou Coffee

200. Featuring guests like Barack Obama and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the passenger seat and Jerry Seinfeld behind the wheel, the series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" appears on what streaming service?

Answer: Netflix

201. A “nel drip” is a traditional Japanese coffee brewing method that uses which fabric as a filter?

Answer: Flannel

202. "Black Coffee" is a play by what British author known for creating the detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple?

Answer: Agatha Christie

203. Mazagran, a cold, sweetened coffee drink often called the "original iced coffee," originated with French Foreign Legion officers in what North African nation?

Answer: Algeria

204. What Italian word refers to a "shortened" pull of espresso, using finer grounds and less water, which results in a more concentrated cup?

Answer: Ristretto

205. "Clouds in My Coffee: 1965-1995" is the name of a box set released by what legendary American singer-songwriter?

Answer: Carly Simon

206. In what city did the first coffeehouse, called Kiva Han, open in 1475? Not that much later, in the early 1500s, Islamic leaders banned coffee houses, as places of potential resistance to the government.

Answer: Constantinople

207. "XO Cafe," "XO Cafe Dark Cocoa," and "XO Cafe Incendio" are coffee-flavored varieities of what popular Tequila brand?

Answer: Patron

208. The Federal Coffee Palace is a grand building in what Australian city, famous around the world for its many coffeehouses and rich coffee culture?

Answer: Melbourne

209. What Asian country is the world's second-largest producer of coffee beans, producing over twice the number of tons of beans as the third-largest producing country and behind only Brazil in production?

Answer: Vietnam

210. What's the rhyming name of the 10-12 cup vacuum-sealed pouches of ground coffee that are often found in hotel rooms and offices?

Answer: Frac Packs

211. One of Folgers' iconic red coffee cans makes a cameo appearance in what 1998 movie and cult classic, where it's used to transport the ashes of one of the main characters?

Answer: The Big Lebowski

212. Kopi luwak is also known as what kind of coffee that’s cherries have been eaten and passed as fecal matter by Paradoxurus hermaphroditus?

Answer: Civet

213. Preparing brews and listening to customers' problems as a barista in a fantasy version of Seattle is the premise of what 2020 video game that shares its name with a famous SNL sketch?

Answer: Coffee Talk

214. While Gloria Jean Kvetko founded her coffee brand in 1970s Chicago, what down-under city is the company’s headquarters in today thanks to a franchising sale in the ‘90s?

Answer: Sydney

215. Brazil is the world's largest coffee bean producer and has been for over 150 years. Many other top coffee-producing nations are in South America and Central America, but what Southeast Asia country is actually the second largest producer?

Answer: Vietnam

216. What term that, when capitalized, means a member of the Society of Friends, also refers to a coffee bean that doesn't turn dark brown when roasted?

Answer: quaker

217. Perhaps because coffee would wake up Debbie Downer, what "Saturday Night Live" alum once said that if she hosted a talk show it would feature alcoholic pumpkin spice lattes?

Answer: Rachel Dratch

218. What chain of breakfast cafes with over 190 worldwide locations, began at the intersection of two streets in downtown Chicago, and is now headquartered in Dallas? The chain features a black-and-white logo.

Answer: Corner Bakery Cafe

219. Though there were earlier attempts that failed to dissolve fully in coffee, the first truly popular non-dairy creamer was invented by the company Carnation in 1961 under what name, which is still in use today?

Answer: Coffee-Mate

220. According to the U.S. National Coffee Association's Coffee Roasts Guide, this coffee medium dark roast has "rich, dark color, [with] some oil on the surface and with a slight bittersweet aftertaste." It is called what kind of roast?

Answer: Full City

221. Although it was replaced by the tulip poplar, until 1994, the state tree of Kentucky was Gymnocladus dioicus, the seeds of which can reportedly be roasted and used—according to its common name—as a substitute for what invigorating stuff?

Answer: Coffee

222. What Los Angeles-born and mononymic singer garnered a gold record with the single "Coffee" from his 2015 album Wildheart?

Answer: Miguel

223. In 1777 Frederick the Great of Prussia tried to outlaw coffeehouses, hoping that the populace would return to drinking what other beverage instead?

Answer: Beer

224. What brand of decaffeinated instant coffee, introduced in 1923, gets its name from the French for "without caffeine?"

Answer: Sanka

225. "Dumb Starbucks," a new coffee shop claiming to be protected by parody law, caught the attention of the Los Angeles press in 2014, though it proved to be a bit for what Comedy Central show?

Answer: Nathan for You

226. What one-word cocktail, often featuring vodka and coffee liqueur, has a name which sounds like it's a mix between an “M” high quality coffee and a martini?

Answer: Mochatini

227. Kopi luwak is coffee made from coffee cherries that have been eaten, partly digested, and defecated by what Asian mammal?

Answer: Civet

228. What is the name of the mustachioed fictional face of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, who often appeared in commercials with his mule, Conchita?

Answer: Juan Valdez

229. Himalayan populations in Nepal, Tibet, and northern India traditionally blend what savory ingredient into both their coffee and tea?

Answer: Butter

230. What cocktail can feature dark chocolate, ice, coffee-flavored liqueur, vodka, Irish cream liqueur and double cream?

Answer: Mudslide

231. Its name might make you think it’s a vegetable-fruit hybrid, but what do you call the interesting and unusual phenomenon where a coffee bean is on its own rather than being a pair inside the plant’s cherry?

Answer: Peaberry

232. What naughty-sounding folk punk band sang about "swappin' one addiction for another" in the 2006 song "Coffee, God, and Cigarettes?"

Answer: Mischief Brew

233. What coffee brand, widely regarded as one of the best of the instant variety, is named after the Western Highlands town in Papua New Guinea where it is made?

Answer: Mount Hagen

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