Part 3: Questions 76 – 85

Read the text and fill in one word which best fits each gap.

The Wondrous World of Coffee

A cup of coffee, like any (1) _{……………………………}experience, can be enriched by selection and consciousness. "No beans about it," the best coffee decisions (2) _{……………………………}the ones most pleasant to one's own palate - the selection of one's coffee is a matter of personal preference. Choosing coffee beans can also be a perplexing experience,(3) _{……………………………}there is a huge range of coffee types and beans blends from all around the world. The final flavour and quality involves many complex factors, beginning with the coffee seed, the beans' botanics, a wide (4) _{……………………………}of soil and climate conditions, cultivation altitudes, and the care (5) _{……………………………}in harvesting the beans. Raw green coffee beans are then subjected (6) _{……………………………}manyinfluencing factors, including various processing, production, roasting, blending and brewing methods. On a global note, the many species and varieties of coffee trees from different areas of the world also offer their (7) _{……………………………}distinctive flavours. There are more than forty-five coffee-exporting countries - all of (8) _{……………………………}use different classification systems - that supply the world with coffee beans, in sizes ranging over sixty known species of coffee plants. No wonder coffee can involve a puzzling java jargon! Fortunately, the world's coffee nomenclature, (9) _{……………………………}mountain to market, can be classified (10) _{……………………………}simple categories. This briefly outlines the basics of bean botanics, coffee cultivation and processing, and global classifications used by the coffee trade and coffee-producing countries.

They lost the battle, despite …………………………………….. the enemy by two to one.