Here are the definitions for the letter "c"

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Commercial Coffees

Packaged pre-ground (pre-brewed in the case of instant or soluble) coffees sold by brand name.

Commercial Coffees

general refers to a brand name coffee which is preground. Used by some countries to differentiate between those coffees which the locals can drink and those exported.

Commissario

A name used to designate the commission merchant at coffee ports who bought from the planter, or sold the planter's coffee on the commission, stored it in a warehouse, and sold it to an exporter.

Commission merchant

a person or firm receiving coffee on consignment for sale in a consuming country.

common

Coffee of ordinary and average quality.

Complexity

A tasting term describing coffees whose taste sensations shift and layer pleasurably, and give the impression of depth and resonance.

complexity

Complexity describes flavor that shifts among pleasurable possibilities; a harmonious multiplicity of sensation. The Yemen Mocha definitely should be complex; if the Sumatran is a good one it should also be complex; the Mexican is undoubtedly the least complex coffee of the three.

Complexity

a tasting term describing sensation shifts; resonance, depth.

Continental Roast

Also known as Espresso Roast, After-Dinner Roast, and European Roast. Terms for coffee brought to degrees of roast ranging from somewhat darker than the traditional American norm to dark brown. Acidity diminishes and a rich bittersweetness emerges. Among many newer American specialty roasters, roast styles once called by these names may in fact constitute the typical, 'regular' roast of coffee.

Continous Roaster

a roaster that roasts coffee continually as opposed to a batch roaster.

Continuous Roaster

Large commercial coffee roaster that roasts coffee continuously rather than in batches.

Conto

A term in currency equal to 1000 cruzeiros.

Contract

A Coffee Exchange contract is 32,500 lbs. (250 bags)

cooked

A typical taste of an instant coffee treated at too high a temperature.

Costa Rica

The best Costa Rica coffees (San Marcos de Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Heredi, Alajuela) display a full body and clean, robust acidity that make them among the most admired of Central American coffees.