For Caustic we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Car Wash, Carpet, Coffee, Corrosion, Import Cars and Plumbing.

Caustic (Car Wash)

A strong alkali. When used alone the term usually refers to caustic soda (sodium hydroxide).

Caustic (Carpet)

The property of a chemical (usually a base) that enables it to burn, corrode, dissolve, or eat away other substances. When the term caustic is used alone, it usually refers to sodium hydroxide, which is used in manufacturing hard soap. It also refers to caustic potash (potassium hydroxide), which is used in manufacturing soft soap.

Caustic (Coffee)

A detrimental coffee taste sensation characterized by burning, sour sensation on the posterior sides of the tongue. Caused by alkaloids increasing the sourness of the acids in combination with a high percentage of salts.
chaff (Roasting): Chaff is paper-like stuff that appears though the roasting process. These little brown flakes are fragments of the innermost skin (the silverskin) of the coffee fruit that still cling to the beans after processing has been completed. Roasting causes these bits of skin to lift off the bean.
chemical: A definite chemical flavor (such as formaldehyde) not to be confused with Rio flavor.
chicory: A complex bitter-acid and sweetish taste characteristic of the root of the chicory plant.
chocolaty: An aromatic sensation created by a moderately volatile set of pyrazine compounds found in coffee's aftertaste that produce sensations reminiscent of unsweetened chocolate of vanilla.
city or full city roast: "City" is a roast that is slightly darker than the American roasting norm. "Full City" is definitely darker than norm; sometimes patches of oil on surface.
clean: Without off-flavor
common: Coffee of ordinary and average quality.
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.
cooked: A typical taste of an instant coffee treated at too high a temperature.
course: A coffee that is rough on the tongue.

Caustic (Corrosion)

(1) Burning or corrosive. (2) A hydroxide of a light metal, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide

Caustic (Import Cars)

1. A salt-based chemical for cleaning engine parts. 2. A cleaner that may be used for most metals, except aluminum.

Caustic (Plumbing)

The tendency of any substance to burn or destroy animal flesh or tissue. The term is usually applied to strong bases.

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