Podcast Questions – How to Brew Amazing Coffee with Science
If you are anything like me, you drink way too much coffee! In today’s podcast lessons, our hosts take us on a journey through the magical world of coffee making and coffee drinking.
To use this lesson in a classroom, simply play the podcast to your students online or in the classroom and have them answer the questions below. I have also provided an answer sheet for the teacher to check beforehand. The podcast also has a transcript for students to read if they are struggling to understand it in real time.
If you don’t have time in class, this makes great homework. Students can listen at home and answer the questions by themselves. Give it a try!
Vocabulary you can preview
| energetic | roasting | dark roast |
| potent | coffee beans | bitter |
| soothing | flavor | pretentious |
| brewing | light roast | snob |
The answers are at the bottom
Click here for transcript
Questions for the podcast
- Has the host had any coffee today?
- What cities did the hosts grow up in?
- What is the secret that the host shared in the beginning?
- What has the host started doing recently with her coffee?
- What did Sam win?
- What kind of fruit is coffee?
- How can you get the flavor out of the coffee beans?
- According to Sam, what is better, a dark roasted or a light roasted coffee? Why?
- Does the size of the ground coffee matter? Why?
- Why did they say that coffee making, and drinking is becoming more like wine?
Extra Questions
- How do you feel about coffee?
- Do you have a coffee machine at home, or do you think it’s better to go to a coffee shop?
- What do you think about Starbucks?
- Do you prefer drinking tea or coffee? Why?
- How does your family feel about coffee? Do they love it or hate it?
Answers to the questions
- No, she hasn’t.
- One of them grew up in New York and the other in Seattle.
- She said her secret is that she knows very little about coffee.
- She has started buying whole beans and drinking less coffee.
- She won the 2019 United States Barista Championship.
- Technically coffee is a cherry.
- You can get the flavor out by roasting.
- According to Sam a light roast is better because you don’t lose as much sugar and caffeine from the roasting process.
- The size of the ground coffee matters because different machines require a different grind. Expresso requires a fine grind and French press a coarse/thick grind.
- They say it is becoming more like wine because people are a lot more interested in coffee than they used to be from the farm to the cup.
