Coffee wet milling
Set of operations performed to transform cherry coffee into parchment coffee.
Ecological wet milling (Becolsub)
Operations to transform cherry coffee into parchment coffee, preserving coffee quality, meeting marketing standards, avoiding coffee losses, eliminating unnecessary processes, taking advantage of coffee byproducts, obtaining the highest economic income for coffee growers, and minimizing pollution of the environment.
Watered drink
Coffee beverage with excess water and poor taste.
Live fascines
Belts of often shrubby vegetation, usually planted in contour lines, to counteract erosion and reduce runoffs.
Bahareque
Word in Colombia for adobe, a housing construction technique that uses sticks interwoven with reeds, wattle or matting, and mud. It has been used since ancient times.
Barista
The professional specialized in high-quality coffee who works creating new and different coffee-based drinks, using various types of milk, essences and liquors, among others. They are also responsible for presenting the drinks and can complement their work with latte art.
Trade balance
Difference between the values of products imported and exported by a country over a period of time.
Water balance
The balance in plants that must exist between water absorption by the roots and transpiration by the leaves and other aerial parts.
Low toxicity
Low degree of virulence of a chemical used in agriculture. Low-toxicity chemicals are classified into categories three and four.
Cooperative
An association of people with common purposes and aspirations, whether they are wage earners or small producers, who organize themselves voluntarily to achieve certain services in production, credit and consumption.