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[kaw-fee, kof-ee]

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noun

a beverage consisting of a decoction or infusion of the roasted ground or crushed seeds (coffee beans) of the two-seeded fruit (coffee berry) of certain coffee trees.

the seeds or fruit themselves.

any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Coffea, of the madder family, especially C. arabica and C. canephora, cultivated commercially. Compare Arabian coffee, robusta coffee.

a cup of coffee: We ordered four coffees and three doughnuts.

a social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.

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medium to dark brown.

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adjective

coffee-colored.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1590–1600; < Italian caffè < Turkish kahve < Arabic qahwah

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The old savings advice about skipping your daily cup of coffee and banking the cash instead has never really resonated with me.

Food service has delivered coffee and breakfast rolls.

Coffee bushes must be grown in shade-neither too much, nor too little.

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The old savings advice about skipping your daily cup of coffee and banking the cash instead has never really resonated with me.

Food service has delivered coffee and breakfast rolls.

Coffee bushes must be grown in shade-neither too much, nor too little.

Everyday alchemy, coffee roasting coaxes golden flavor from a bland bean.

For many coffee lovers, their precious beverage comes with an unwanted ingredient: caffeine.

Take your reusable coffee tumbler with you when get coffee to-go.

Combine the coffee mixture in a blender with the milk, bananas, and ice and blend on high until smooth.

Cold-brewing is yet another way to make a great cup of coffee.

French presses are for sale next to the gas fireplace and across from the bins of coffee beans.

Espresso coffee requires as much technology and taste as fine wine.

Falling wholesale prices caused by overproduction has created a crisis for coffee farmers worldwide.

Caffeine--the drug that gives coffee and cola its kick--has a number of physiological effects.

Muddy water rippled, and a bubble bigger than a coffee table rose to the surface.

Vanilla buttermilk cake topped with coffee frosting, cocoa powder, and chocolate jimmies.

The coffee has more energy because there is more coffee than paper and coffee can also hold more energy per piece of coffee.

And yet many coffee growers are facing ruin because of soaring production and a worldwide glut.

For years coffee farmers the world over have been battling the destructive coffee berry borer with insecticides.

For many people, a cup of coffee signals the start of the day.

Disappear from your desk for a coffee run or a smoke break---that's fine.

When not in use, the gas firepit can be covered with a slab of ipe wood, which converts it into a coffee table.

There are way too many coffee table books featuring human celebrities.

The other restaurants, coffee shops, and retailers in the area seem to have a similar make up.

Growing coffee under a canopy of trees provides critical winter habitat for many migratory birds.

Sleep-deprived rats that merely smelled coffee had genes activated in their brains that eased stress.

The instrument, about the size of a coffee table, rode on a satellite deployed by the space shuttle.

Thick milkshakes, fruit smoothies, and icy coffee drinks promise delicious relief from the heat.

If you are a hardcore coffee connoisseur, you might find the pod choices too limiting.

Whereas coffee mugs generate an endowment effect, tokens that can be exchanged for coffee mugs do not.

Coffee is one of several plants that produces caffeine.

Quality-control coffee tasters take note: a machine may make you obsolatte.

At some points, dinner has consisted of instant coffee and crackers, highlighted by a trip to a nearby diner for grilled goat.

And it's enough to convince a coffee addict to give tea a chance.

Japanese researchers develop a way to genetically modify coffee to be caffeine-free.

Banning them from your coffee shop would be misguided and wrong.

Certain conditions are required for coffee growth, including cool temperatures and enough water, he pointed out.

New study shows that coffee may be a source of dietary fiber, but that does not mean you should give up vegetables and fruit.

Nondairy milks with a fat content equal to that of whole milk or reduced-fat milk are creamy enough to look appetizing in coffee.

The teasmaid and its close relation, the automatic coffee maker, are fundamentally flawed.

Morning coffee with a beautiful overlook of mt moran in grand tetons national park.

On the terrace, a few parents chatted beside an alluring spread of bagels, coffee and fruit.

Kim's suggestions are a coffee percolator and a fan, perfect to waft you gently from sleep to wakefulness with minimal distress.

Pour in coffee until you don't see the coin anymore.

Used coffee grounds are another great source of nitrogen.

Tea and coffee come from plant sources, so you can add tea leaves and coffee grounds to your compost bin, too.

Red wigglers' castings, which resemble used coffee grounds, are great for plants.

Coffee that's processed without washing off the pulp of the seed pod has an interesting, funky, flavor.

However, postmenopausal women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day may be at increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Feast your eyes and feed your brain with our favorite science books worthy of the coffee table.

Everyone loves waking up to the smell of coffee and the smell of bacon, and the flavors are pretty awesome together too.

Four to six cups of coffee are fine, but after six the gains start to diminish.

Weiss hopes to peddle her creation to local coffee shops and elsewhere.

The second-biggest maker of cola and the world's largest chain of coffee shops are both worried about how customers perceive.

The mothers sat around a coffee table laden with veggies and dips, and their daughters sprawled on the floor at their feet.

Enjoy eye-opening vistas with your eye-opening coffee.

The mission was a success, landing him a one-of-a-kind coffee table with an eerie.

Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink.

Maybe take them out for coffee and ask some leading questions about what they are into outside of work.

Growers say global warming is already cutting into coffee harvests, the country's biggest export.

These are the lobster men, fortified with coffee and bacon, getting ready to haul their traps.

While not your typical houseplants, a trio of potted miniature water plants look unbelievably lush displayed on a coffee table.

Where to find terrific coffee in one of the largest cities in the world.

His reflexes guarantee no coffee spills on rare books.

If you took the coffee you brew in your kitchen in the morning and spilled some on your arm it.

Clemens discusses research suggesting that coffee drinking.

Starbucks run ended with a shock this morning: the coffee came in a red holiday cup.

The twist is that you clip it to your belt for on-the-go slurping of the day's coffee ration.

The coffee habit often causes sallowness long before the cause is suspected.

It gave guys plenty of time to not ask or back out of a coffee meeting.

But why catlike creatures known for producing coffee with their faeces should encapsulate emerging-market growth is unclear.

Why, he wondered, did the coffee sometimes spill and sometimes.

Guests paid their respects to the dead, then went into another room for sandwiches, coffee and a long visit.

At one point he stops midsentence and tips his head meaningfully toward a man stirring his coffee at the counter next to us.

Then the coffee user may be willing to give up the harmful indulgence.

Later on perhaps you can talk about politics and policies and the best places to get coffee.

The trouble is that, so far, there is no equivalent of the overpriced coffee that brings in the money and pays the bills.

Many areas are still used for growing cocoa and coffee.

Don't throw out those coffee grounds and banana peels– save landfill space and make your own rich potting soil using a composter.

The wicker coffee table was a discounted floor sample.

Kickstand, a collapsible coffee stall that's wheeled around on a pair of salvaged.

Cool shops, many ethnic restaurants, and coffee shops.

It is the world's second-biggest supplier of coffee and of cut flowers.

Place a coffee filter or piece of cheesecloth around the mouth of the jar or original container.

Perhaps this fast food impatience effect is produced by fast food coffee or a too short lunch break.

Perhaps the same would count for coffee and chocolate and all that.

The futon unfolds into a bed, and the coffee table becomes a nightstand.

The price of a cup of coffee stayed at a nickel from.

Efforts to promote iced coffee consumption at home are beginning to pick.

And if you stop drinking coffee after being a regular drinker you'll have withdrawal symptoms, which can include headaches.

He puts them in a room with gallons of coffee and lets them bounce ideas around.

Bleary-eyed, the pilot stares at the instruments while sipping stale coffee.

We've put a double kick of coffee in this brownie cake with buttercream to deliver satisfying flavor with flair.

It uses proprietary pods instead of fresh-ground beans to produce its coffee.

If you're lucky, you'll manage to have a real conversation about the topic during a coffee break before you're off to the next.

In sweat-stained shirts, fuelled by stale coffee and cold pizza, harried officials worked the phones and held.

If there's one thing we've been waiting for from the plant community, it's a caffeine-less coffee plant.

Many students-and some professors-had to travel to coffee shops or public libraries to log.

They slurp caramel macchiato as coffee and believe that candy, when placed in a bowl, becomes cereal.

When your compost resembles coffee grounds or black soil, it is ready to use.

Clear some space on your coffee table because here comes another universal remote.

And in coffee shops and brewpubs, the conversation turns, of course.

It's tempting to sip coffee and be serenaded by birds hidden in the creekside forest.

Downing a mouthful of coffee before tasting a whisky is an excellent complement.

Roomy cabinets hide appliances, while tea and coffee provisions are stored in a long, narrow built-in above the counter.

Mini is looking to gain a space on the coffee tables of artsy gearheads the world over this holiday season.

Try one of our favorites with a steaming mug of coffee.

In case you're still on your first coffee of the day, that.

The adults linger over coffee while the kids play, then the sausage is divided.

Well, perhaps the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing, but this.

Peters retained the original coffee table and added a couch.

Back then you would come with a coffee pot in one hand and a small silver tray with cream and sugar in the other.

My coffee table has a few watermarks, and the legs are a bit wobbly, but those things.

The game measures response time, then instructs you to have some coffee and try again.

Dissolve the instant coffee in two tablespoons of boiling water.

Digital photography has taken family photos to unexpected places: coffee mugs, mouse pads, aprons and even jigsaw puzzles.

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World English Dictionary

coffee (ˈkɒfɪ)

—n
1.	a. a drink consisting of an infusion of the roasted and ground or crushed seeds of the coffee tree
	b. (as modifier): coffee grounds
2.	Also called: coffee beans the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, used to make this beverage
3.	short for coffee tree
4.	a. a medium to dark brown colour
	b. (as adjective): a coffee carpet
5.	wake up and smell the coffee See wake

[C16: from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwah coffee]

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Word Origin & History

coffee

c.1600, from It. caffe, from Turk. kahveh, from Arabic qahwah "coffee," said originally to have meant "wine," but perhaps rather from Kaffa region of Ethiopia, a home of the plant (Coffee in Kaffa is called buno). Much initial diversity of spelling, including chaoua. Yemen was the first great coffee

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exporter and to protect its trade decreed that no living plant could leave the country. In 16c., a Muslim pilgrim brought some coffee beans from Yemen and raised them in India. Appeared in Europe (from Arabia) c.1515-1519. Introduced to England by 1650; by 1675 England had more than 3,000 coffee houses. Coffee plantations established in Brazil 1727. Meaning "a light meal at which coffee is served" is from 1774.

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