Yield factor
Amount of kilograms of dry parchment coffee that are necessary to produce a 70-kg bag of excelso coffee.
Woody (aroma)
Descriptor denoting reminiscences of dry wood, oak barrel, dead wood or cardboard.
Wet/drained coffee
Parchment coffee with high moisture content, usually in the final stage of wet milling (washing).
Weeds
Plant species that live with the crops. A large number of these plants interfere with the planted species affecting yields. However, another considerable number have characteristics that distinguish them as useful species, since they conserve soil and do not profusely develop their foliage and radical systems.
Weed selector
A device designed for selective chemical weed management as part of an integrated management plan. It should not be used for generalized chemical control of weeds.
Weed management
Activity based on selection of noble weeds that allow conserving soil resources. Plant covers protect soil from the impact of raindrops, the main cause of erosion of coffee soils.
Watered drink
Coffee beverage with excess water and poor taste.
Traviesa or Mitaca
Secondary or mid-harvest.
Transplant
Once the hole is dug, the seedlings are moved to the final site in the coffee plot or plantation.
Traceability
Set of actions, measures and technical procedures that allow identifying and recording each product from its birth until the end of the marketing chain. / Recording of the origin and processing conditions of the coffee to be dried, also marking the dryer with the start date of drying, variety and origin plot.