Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans.
Would you like some coffee?
Newman poured more black coffee.
A coffee is a cup of coffee.
I made a coffee.
2. variable noun
Coffee is the roasted beans or powder from which the drink is made.
Brazil harvested 28m bags of coffee in 1991.
...superior quality coffee.
coffee in British English
(ˈkɒfɪ)
noun
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
Word origin
C16: from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwah coffee
coffee in American English
(ˈkɔfi; ˈkɑfi)
noun
1.
a dark-brown, aromatic drink made by brewing in water the roasted and ground beanlike seeds of a tall tropical shrub (genus Coffea) of the madder family
2.
these seeds, found in the red berries of the shrub
: also coffee beans
3.
the shrub itself
4.
the color of coffee containing milk or cream; light brown
5.
a reception or social gathering at which coffee, tea, etc. are served, esp. one held for the purpose of promoting a cause or introducing a political candidate
Word origin
It caffè < Turk qahwe < Ar qahwa, coffee, said to be after Kaffa, area in Ethiopia, home of the plant
coffee in Hospitality
(kɔfi)
Word forms: (regular plural) coffees
noun (count) (noncount)
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast)
Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans.
COLLOCATIONS: black ~fresh ~cup of ~
Would you like decaffeinated coffee?
Would you like a coffee, tea, or other hot drink?
The café offers snacks and cakes with freshly brewed coffee.
Your boyfriend might also want to try drinking two or three cups of coffee a day.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You try making and drinking a cup of coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They're fed up with going to shopping malls and coffee shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Young entrepreneurs mingle, picking up free tea and coffee from a circular bar.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That makes 10 coffee shops and two banks in the town.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Finding none, they took long walks and lingered in coffee houses.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
If single, you recognise the love potential of a familiar face in a coffee shop.
The Sun (2016)
I buy lots of little treats like coffees?
The Sun (2016)
Some of Britain's biggest coffee shop chains have signed up to a scheme to boost recycling of takeaway cups.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
His shops serve coffee but they do not charge.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was the founder of a coffee chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She poured me a cup of scalding coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The government had introduced cash crops of tea and coffee to land previously used to produce food.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She worked weekends in a coffee shop to make ends meet.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Prepare to drink buckets of coffee and be royally entertained.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He then accepted a cup of coffee and cigarettes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They also provided facilities such as hot food and coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some people also use coffee grounds as a barrier to deter both slugs and ants.
The Sun (2011)
Chain stores and coffee shops also serve food.
Wood, Katie Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994 (1993)
And washing them down with a cup of coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People exist who have coffee in their tea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It just might make a coffee drinker out of me yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you drink tea or coffee with milk you will need to take this into consideration.
The Sun (2012)
There was a man offering hot coffee at a stall nearby.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He sorted out tickets for staff at his favourite coffee house.
The Sun (2013)
Coffee grounds can also be used as a barrier to slugs and ants.
The Sun (2014)
They came over from Australia six years ago and were surprised by the quality of coffee here.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Would you like coffee, or something else?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And Wi-Fi is now common in bars and coffee shops.
The Sun (2011)
Quotations
Look here, Steward, if this is coffee, I want tea; but if this is tea, then I wish for coffeePunch
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduceOliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Over the Teacups
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In other languages
coffee
British English: coffee /ˈkɒfɪ/ NOUN
Coffee is a drink made from the roasted beans of the coffee plant.
Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer.
American English: coffee
Arabic: قَهْوَة
Brazilian Portuguese: café
Chinese: 咖啡
Croatian: kava
Czech: káva
Danish: kaffe
Dutch: koffie
European Spanish: café bebida
Finnish: kahvi
French: café boisson
German: Kaffee
Greek: καφές
Italian: caffè
Japanese: コーヒー
Korean: 커피
Norwegian: kaffe
Polish: kawa
European Portuguese: café
Romanian: cafea
Russian: обжаренные кофейные зерна
Latin American Spanish: café
Swedish: kaffe
Thai: กาแฟ
Turkish: kahve
Ukrainian: кава
Vietnamese: cà phê
All related terms of 'coffee'
coffee bag
a small bag containing ground coffee beans , infused to make coffee
coffee bar
A coffee bar is a small café where non-alcoholic drinks and snacks are sold .
coffee bean
Coffee beans are small dark-brown beans that are roasted and ground to make coffee. They are the seeds of the coffee plant.
coffee cake
a sponge cake flavoured with coffee
coffee cup
A coffee cup is a cup in which coffee is served . Coffee cups are usually smaller than tea cups.
coffee mill
a machine for grinding roasted coffee beans
coffee name
Your coffee name is a name that you give in some situations because it is simpler than your real name.
coffee nut
the fruit of the Kentucky coffee tree
coffee pot
A coffee pot is a tall narrow pot with a spout and a lid , in which coffee is made or served.
coffee shop
A coffee shop is a kind of restaurant that sells coffee, tea , cakes , and sometimes sandwiches and light meals .
coffee tree
any of several rubiaceous trees of the genus Coffea, esp C. arabica , the seeds of which are used in the preparation of the beverage coffee
black coffee
coffee with no milk , milk substitute , or cream added
coffee beans
the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
coffee break
A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
coffee filter
a paper filter used when making coffee
coffee house
A coffee house is a kind of bar where people sit to drink coffee and talk . Coffee houses were especially popular in Britain in the 18th century.
coffee klatch
→ kaffeeklatsch
coffee-maker
a domestic appliance that makes coffee
coffee spoon
a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon ) for stirring coffee
coffee table
A coffee table is a small low table in a living room .
filter coffee
coffee made by filtering hot water through ground coffee
Gaelic coffee
hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream
Irish coffee
hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream
white coffee
a drink of coffee with milk, cream or a substitute for these added to it
Arabian coffee
a tall , widely cultivated shrub ( Coffea arabica ) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics , esp. in Brazil
arabica coffee
a tree, Coffea arabica , of the madder family, the principal species of coffee cultivated in Latin America and the chief coffee tree of commerce
coffee-coloured
having the colour of coffee ; dark brown ; light brown
coffee granules
instant coffee in the form of grains
coffee grinder
A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans .
coffee grounds
the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
coffee machine
a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
coffee morning
A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity .
coffee service
a set of china consisting of coffee cups and saucers , a pot , milk jug , and sugar bowl
coffee whitener
a milk substitute to put in coffee
morning coffee
a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
robusta coffee
a coffee tree, Coffea canephora , native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World
takeaway coffee
Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans .
Turkish coffee
very strong black coffee made with finely ground coffee beans
coffee percolator
→ another name for coffee-maker
coffee-table book
A coffee-table book is a large expensive book with a lot of pictures , which is designed to be looked at rather than to be read properly, and is usually placed where people can see it easily .
coffee-table music
bland , unadventurous music
decaffeinated coffee
Decaffeinated coffee is coffee that does not contain caffeine .
Kentucky coffee tree
a North American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioica, whose seeds , in brown curved pulpy pods , were formerly used as a coffee substitute
vacuum coffee maker
a coffee pot with upper and lower glass units, the upper for ground coffee and the lower for water that, when boiled , rises through the filter-stoppered bottom of the upper unit and remains there until drawn back down to the lower unit as brewed coffee by a reduction in pressure caused by the removal of heat
coffeepot
a pot in which coffee is brewed or served
wake up and smell the coffee
said when you are telling someone to be more realistic and more aware of what is happening around them
Chinese translation of 'coffee'
coffee
(ˈkɔfɪ)
n
(u)咖啡 (kāfēi)
(c) (= cup of coffee) 一杯咖啡 (yī bēi kāfēi) (杯, bēi)
black coffee黑咖啡 (hēi kāfēi)
white coffee牛奶咖啡 (niúnǎi kāfēi)
coffee with cream加奶油的咖啡 (jiā nǎiyóu de kāfēi)
All related terms of 'coffee'
coffee bar
咖啡馆(館) kāfēiguǎn [ 家 jiā ]
coffee bean
咖啡豆 kāfēidòu [ 颗 kē ]
coffee pot
咖啡壶(壺) kāfēihú [ 个(個) gè ]
coffee shop
咖啡店 kāfēidiàn [ 家 jiā ]
black coffee
黑咖啡 hēi kāfēi
coffee break
工间(間)休息时(時)间(間) gōngjiān xiūxī shíjiān
coffee table
咖啡桌 kāfēizhuō [ 张(張) zhāng ]
white coffee
加奶咖啡 jiā nǎi kāfēi
coffee with cream
加奶油的咖啡 jiā nǎiyóu de kāfēi
coffee/cocoa beans
咖啡/可可豆 kāfēi/kěkě dòu
what, no coffee!
什么(麼),没(沒)咖啡了! shénme, méi kāfēi le!
tea/coffee/beer drinker
喝茶/咖啡/啤酒的人 hē chá/kāfēi/píjiǔ de rén [ 个(個) gè ]
I wouldn't mind a coffee
我挺想喝杯咖啡 wǒ tǐng xiǎng hē bēi kāfēi
to prefer coffee to tea
喜欢(歡)咖啡胜(勝)于(於)茶 xǐhuan kāfēi shèngyú chá
would you like a coffee?
你想不想来(來)杯咖啡? nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng lái bēi kāfēi?
a fix of coffee/chocolate
( inf ) 我每天需要定量的咖啡/巧克力 wǒ měitiān xūyào dìngliàng de kāfēi/qiǎokèlì
Look here, Steward, if this is coffee, I want tea; but if this is tea, then I wish for coffee [Punch]The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce [Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. – Over the Teacups]