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Definition: Coffee |
CoffeeNoun1. A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee". 2. Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans. 3. A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. 4. A medium to dark brown color. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coffee" was first used: 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of drinking coffee, denotes the disapproval of friends toward your marriage intentions. If married, disagreements and frequent quarrels are implied. To dream of dealing in coffee, portends business failures. If selling, sure loss. Buying it, you may with ease retain your credit. For a young woman to see or handle coffee she will be made a by-word if she is not discreet in her actions. To dream of roasting coffee, for a young woman it denotes escape from evil by luckily marrying a stranger. To see ground coffee, foretells successful struggles with adversity. Parched coffee, warns you of the evil attentions of strangers. Green coffee, denotes you have bold enemies who will show you no quarter, but will fight for your overthrow. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | The beans and cherries of the coffee tree, whether parchment, green or roasted, and includes ground, decaffeinated, liquid and soluble coffee. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Coffee The Turkish word is Kauhi, Kauveh or Kauvey. Coffee. In Ardennes ten cups of coffee are taken after dinner, and each cup has its special name. (1) Café (2) Gloria, (3) Pousse Café (4) Goutte, (5) Regoutte, (6) Sur-goutte, (7) Rincette, (8) Re-rincette, (9) Sur-rincette, and (10) Coup de l'érier. Gloria is coffee with a small glass of brandy in lieu of milk; all the following have more and more l'eau de vie; and the last is the "stirrup-cup." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Coffee is a tree of genus Coffea, its seeds, and a stimulating beverage prepared from those seeds. Coffee is widely cultivated in tropical countries in plantations for export to temperate countries. Coffee ranks as one of the world's major commodity crops and is a major export of some countries.
Coffee Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rubiales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Coffea Species Coffea arabica
Coffea benghalensis
Coffea canephora = C. robusta
Coffea congensis
Coffea liberica
Coffea stenophylla
Ref: ITIS 35189 2003-01-03
Botany
When grown in the tropics coffee is a vigorous bush or small tree easily growing to a height of 3 to 3.5 m (10-12 feet). It is capable of withstanding severe pruning. It is not able to grow where there is a winter frost. Bushes grow best at high altitudes. To produce at their maximum (arguably 16 tonnes of ripe "berries" per hectare, or 15,000 pounds per acre) the plants need substantial amounts of water and fertilizer.
There are several species of Coffea that may be grown for coffee, but Coffea arabica is considered to have the best quality. The other species (primarily Coffea robusta) are grown on land unsuitable for Coffea arabica. The tree produces red or purple fruits (drupes), which contain two seeds, popularly called the "coffee beans" or "coffee berries" though coffee is not a true bean.
The coffee tree will grow fruits after 3--5 years, for about 50-60 years. The blossom of the coffee tree is similar to jasmine in color and smell. The fruit takes about nine months to ripen. Worldwide, an estimate of 15 billion coffee trees is grown on 10 million hectares land.
It is estimated that 10 million people are working on plantations in the source lands of coffee. A single worker can harvest 50--100 kg of fruits per day, which results in 10--20 kg of raw coffee. Crops from Brazil and Colombia comprise 40% of the worldwide coffee production. As of 1998, the world's coffee production equals about 100 million sacks of coffee.
Processing, Roasting and Presentation
After picking, the coffee beans are pulped (usually using a mechanical pulper) to remove the bulk of the soft flesh, and then the beans are fermented (by one of several means most often wet fermentation in water for 10-36 hours), then washed (to remove the last of the sticky mucilage not removed by fermentation) and dried (usually in the sun). This process is time-consuming, expensive and, for most growers, labour-intensive. Coffee at this stage is known as milled beans.
Once the raw coffee beans arrive in their destination country, they are roasted. This darkens their color and, depending on the degree of roasting, alters the internal chemistry of the beans and therefore their flavor and aroma. Then the beans are ground. For consistency of the taste of a single brand, eight or more types of beans are mixed. The coffee beverage is made by infusing the resulting meal in hot water. Many variations on the brewing technique exist: the drip method, espresso, cappuccino, coffee pots and percolators, French press, various types of caffettiera, infusion, etc.
The coffee may be served plain ("black") or mixed with milk or cream, sweetened with sugar, or both. In some cultures, flavored coffees are common; chocolate is a common additive, as are spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom. Coffee is normally served hot but iced coffee drinks have become popular in recent years. Coffee in all forms is an acquired taste, since its flavor is strong and bitter.
There are many conveniences available for coffee drinkers, which ease the preparation for hurried workers about to begin their commute. Instant coffee is a powder that may be mixed with hot water and drunk moments later. Electronic coffee makers boil the water and brew the infusion with little human assistance and sometimes according to a timer. Connoisseurs shun such conveniences, which compromise the flavor of the coffee; they prefer freshly ground beans and traditional brewing techniques.
Coffee is occasionally combined with alcohol, a troublesome combination since caffeine does not directly counteract alcohol intoxication. Coffee-infused liqueurs are available under several brands. Hot brewed coffee spiked with whiskey is called "Irish coffee".
Problems of maintaining quality during bean production
Achieving consistently excellent milled beans is not easy. Problems include:
The coffee bushes fruit aggressively when conditions permit, and the cherries will develop at the expense of the rest of the bush. This consumes sugars in the leaves and can produce die-back (death of leaves and branches). Die-back can be severe and can damage not just this years production but next years production (borne on this years growth), leading into a two-year cycle of growth and production.
- pests on the bushes (e.g. in Hawaii scale insects and coconut mealy bugs)
- poor pruning regimes (e.g. too many verticals that allow the bush to attempt too much and so produce inferior cherries)
- poor fertiliser regimes (e.g. too little iron or insufficient nutriment for what are demanding plants)
- bad picking (e.g. picking all the berries on a branch rather than those that are bright red, or picking the berries very late)
- bad fermentation that produces unpleasant taints in the flavour
- dilution of superior tasting beans with cheaper beans
Commercial operators come under a variety of pressures to cut costs and maximise yield. Arguably the best flavours will be produced when the coffee is grown in organic conditions. Some people who grow organically do so primarily to obtain the premium prices organic beans command, an alternative strategy to increase profits.
The economics of growing coffee
It is very questionable whether small growers can generate a high return on capital growing coffee if they have less than 3 acres (1.2 hectares) and if they are based in the United States. The retail price of the beans varies between about $1/pound for ripe cherries to $9/pound for extra fancy Kona milled beans, and there are many costs including fertiliser, irrigation, labour (e.g. picking and pruning) and land value. Integrated operations that capture much or all of the available revenue (by controlling the whole process from growing to retail) may generate higher returns.
Social aspects of coffee
The United States is the largest market for coffee, followed by Germany. Finland consumes the most coffee per capita. Coffee is so popular in Canada, the United States, and Europe that many restaurants specialize in coffee; these are called "coffeehouses" or "cafés". Most cafés also serve tea, sandwiches, pastries, and other light refreshments. Some cafés are miniature shacks that specialize in coffee to go for hurried travelers. Some travelers transport their coffee in vacuum bottles, which can keep a beverage hot for hours.
In some countries, notably in northern Europe, coffee parties are a popular form of entertaining. Besides coffee, the host or hostess at the coffee party also serves cake and pastries, hopefully homemade.
For the Italian traditions, see Caffé.
The stimulant properties of coffee and the fact that coffee does not adversely impact higher mental functions causes coffee to be associated with white collar jobs. Social habits involving coffee include the morning coffee and coffee breaks.
Coffee as a stimulant
Coffee contains caffeine, which acts as a stimulant. For this reason, it is mostly drunk in the morning and during working hours. Students preparing for examinations with late-night "cram sessions" use coffee to maintain their concentration. Office workers take a "coffee break" when their energy is fading. "Decaf" (coffee from which most of the caffeine has been removed by water or a chemical solvent) is available for people who wish to enjoy the taste of coffee without stimulation. There are also tisanes that resemble coffee in taste but contain no caffeine (see below).
Coffee dependence is widespread and withdrawal symptoms are real. See the caffeine article for more on the pharmacological effects of caffeine.
History
Coffee probably originated in the Ethiopian province of Kaffa, though there is controversy about its origins. The crop first became popular in Arabia around the 13th century, its popularity probably enhanced by Islam's prohibition against alcoholic beverages. Before 1600, coffee production was a jealously guarded secret, and fertile beans were not found outside Arabia. Sometime after 1600, coffee trees were grown in India, possibly due to smuggling of fertile beans. Around 1650, coffee importation into England began and coffeehouses opened in Oxford and London. Coffee planting began in the English colonies, but a disease wiped out the plantations, leading the English to re-plant them with tea instead.
By the 18th century, the beverage had become popular in Europe, and European colonists had introduced coffee to tropical countries worldwide as a plantation crop to supply domestic demand. During the 19th century, European demand for coffee was so strong that when genuine coffee beans were scarce, people developed similar-tasting substitutes from various roasted vegetable substances, such as chicory root, dandelion root, acorns, or figs. For example, the British used acorns as a coffee substitute during World War II while German U-boats blockaded Britain.
Today, the major coffee-producing regions are tropical South America (Colombia is famous for its coffee), Vietnam, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, and others. There is limited production of high-quality, high-price coffee in Hawaii. Major per-capita consumers of coffee are Canada, the United States, Germany, Austria, Italy, and the Nordic countries.
Health risks
The caffeine in coffee is associated with addiction and various other health risks. Most coffee drinkers are familiar with "coffee jitters", a nervous condition that occurs when one has had too much caffeine. In recent years, research has indicated health benefits for drinking tea, motivating some coffee drinkers to switch to tea. Tea also contains caffeine, though in lesser amounts.
Some studies have assessed the health risks of coffee directly. For example, a February 2003 Danish study of 18,478 women linked heavy coffee consumption during pregnancy to significantly increased risk of stillbirths (but no significantly increased risk of infant death in the first year). "The results seem to indicate a threshold affect around four to seven cups per day," the study reported. Those who drank eight or more cups a day were at 220% increased risk compared to non-drinkers.
References
- Wisborg, Kirsten et al.: Maternal consumption of coffee during pregnancy and stillbirth and infant death in first year of life: prospective study. British Medical Journal 2003;326:420 (22 February). Online copy.
- Excellent article about the nutritional needs of coffee plants (written by an expert in Hawaii). [1]
- University of Hawaii spreadsheets dealing with costs of production including those of coffee growing in Hawaii. [1]
- Farmers Bookshelf guide to coffee growing and processing in Hawaii. [1]
External Links
- Coffee Forums offers open discussion about coffee, the beans, machines and effects.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Coffee."
Synonyms: CoffeeSynonyms: burnt umber (n), chocolate (n), coffee bean (n), coffee berry (n), coffee tree (n), deep brown (n), java (n), umber (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house, cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive, exchange; grill room, saloon, shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse. |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
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Screenplays | Lewis, however much coffee you drink in the morning, I want you to reduce it by half (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) When you think about it, it's just as arbitrary as drinking coffee. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon) Hey, I made that coffee! (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: Bruce Geller; David Koepp) Simple: coffee and Twinkies (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe) Do you want more coffee, hon (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
Lyrics | Please turn me on I'm Mister Coffee with an automatic drip (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) Oh I like coffee (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler) I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon) They got some coffee, (In France; performing artist: Frank Zappa) She spilled her coffee broke a shoelace (Bad Day; performing artist: Fuel) | |
Clever | Sleeping on the job: The coffee machine is broken. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | A cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown) A proper cup of coffee is a proper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown) Chocolate chip cookies in a copper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown) Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tea or Me? Coffee (1973) Irish Coffee (1969) Once Upon a Coffee House (1965) Coffee Girl (1963) Nick's Coffee Pot (1939) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (3) color slides of a cup of coffee and saucer. (2) regular, black coffee, (1) coffee with cream. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Harry "Coffee" Garber On LYDONIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The magical power of that morning cup of coffee. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A female medfly pumps eggs through her ovipositor into the soft outer layers of a ripe coffee berry. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Pellaea andromedifolia, or commonly known as the Coffee Fern. Credit: Russ Holmes. |  | Medium shot of coffee fern (Pellaea andromedifolia). Credit: Russ Holmes. |
 | Hospital, Lambarene, Africa. : View of corrugated buildings and huts, with coffee bushes in the foreground. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Army Nurses are treated to coffee and cake]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | "Berth Deck, Cook's" in 1887. Photographed by E.H. Hart, 112 E. 24th St., New York. Note cooking gear, sausages in roasting rack at left, tins of beef (one from New Zealand), bread, man peeling potatoes, black sailor with bowl, coffee cups, and bearded Marine. Credit: NAVY. |  | Coffee break in the Chief Petty Officers' mess, 18 January 1938. Note the cold storage locker in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Coffee Mug" by Cristian Dorobantescu Commentary: "Table with coffe mug." | "Imperfect Coffee" by Bill Bradbury Commentary: "It was an accident." |
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 | Percolating coffee. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. |
Emo Philips | When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas... |
Marie de Rabutin-chantal | Racine will go out of style like coffee. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. |
| Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is time. | |
Steven Wright | I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany gives a guarantee to the Brazilian Government that all sums representing the sale of coffee belonging to the State of Sao Paolo in the ports of Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp and Trieste, which were deposited with the Bank of Bleichroder at Berlin, shall be reimbursed together with interest at the rate or rates agreed upon. (reference) |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | So you get a cup of coffee and a piece pie. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Like many of my contemporaries, I had rarely for many years used animal food, or tea, or coffee, etc. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Avoid coffee, tea with caffeine, alcohol, and sweets. (references) | |
Currently, all Coffee Breaks are written by NCBI staff. (references) | ||
Avoid drinks with caffeine, such as coffee, tea, and some sodas. (references) | ||
Business | The Guatemalan coffee sector is experiencing small improvements. (references) | |
The main buyers for tractors are sugar, melon and coffee producers. (references) | ||
The most recent addition to the restaurant market, creating a sensation is Starbucks Coffee. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Colombia | Ocampo is a member of a politically influential family and was also a member of the regional coffee growers association. (references) |
Egypt | The percentage of citizens who receive satellite television broadcasts is small, but many coffee shops and other public places offer satellite television. (references) | |
Burma | In December 1999, U Than Chaun, the owner of a coffee shop in Shwe Coo township of Kachin State, was arrested and sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labor for having the radio in his coffee shop tuned to Voice of America. (references) | |
Economic History | Burundi | Coffee is the largest state-owned enterprise. (references) |
Guinea | In 1999, Guinea exported 8,606,788 kg of coffee. (references) | |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Products--diamonds, cobalt, copper, coffee, petroleum. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Panama | Even when working in close proximity to each other, indigenous laborers in the country's sugar, coffee, and banana plantations work under worse conditions than their nonindigenous counterparts. (references) |
Political Economy | Haiti | Other important exports are mangoes and coffee. (references) |
JAMAICA | The primary agricultural products are sugar, bananas, coffee, and cocoa. (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | N. Coffee seeds for planting. (references) |
Honduras | Export taxes on seafood, sugar and live cattle were eliminated in 1998. All coffee exports must be registered with the Honduran Coffee Institute. (references) | |
Indonesia | Many of the restrictions and taxes placed on exports affect agricultural products, including major cash crops like rubber, palm oil, coffee, and copra. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Opposite Labone Coffee Shop, Labone. (references) |
Uae | In a meeting, the host will offer tea or coffee upon arrival. (references) | |
Albania | Business meetings generally include coffee or other beverages. (references) | |
Women | Cote d'Ivoire | These criteria include such elements as title to a house and production of profitable cash crops, specifically coffee and cocoa. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | It is estimated that thousands of Malian children work on Ivoirian cocoa and coffee plantations. (references) |
Nicaragua | Over 140,000 children are employed in rural areas at coffee, tobacco, rice, and banana plantations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Now women too can experience the blue-grey glow of fluorescent lighting, the warm, pungent stench of burned coffee, the soul-numbing Sisyphean routine of completing a week's work, getting a week's pay, then doing it all over again Monday morning. |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The way is now open to a fully-functioning International Coffee Agreement which can help to stabilize this major world commodity market. |
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| "Coffee" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.34% of the time. "Coffee" is used about 6,463 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.34% | 6,420 | 1,511 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.62% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (common) | 0.05% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,463 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coffee" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Coffee | Last name | 2,000 | 5,280 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | East African Coffee Plantations | Japan | Doutor Coffee Co., Ltd. |
| United Kingdom | Coffee Republic Plc | USA | Diedrich Coffee, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "coffee": a coffee with milk and sugar ♦ acorn coffee ♦ afternoon coffee ♦ arabian coffee ♦ black coffee ♦ California coffee ♦ coffee bar ♦ coffee bean ♦ coffee beans ♦ coffee berry ♦ coffee blight ♦ coffee break ♦ Coffee bug ♦ coffee cake ♦ coffee can ♦ coffee capuccino ♦ coffee City ♦ coffee coloured ♦ coffee County ♦ coffee cream ♦ coffee Creek ♦ coffee cup ♦ coffee fern ♦ coffee filter ♦ coffee freed of caffeine ♦ coffee fungus ♦ coffee grinder ♦ coffee grinder's ♦ coffee grounds ♦ coffee house ♦ coffee kettle ♦ coffee liqueur ♦ coffee machine ♦ coffee maker ♦ coffee mill ♦ coffee mug ♦ coffee palace ♦ coffee party ♦ coffee percolator ♦ coffee plantation ♦ coffee pot ♦ Coffee rat ♦ coffee ring ♦ coffee roaster ♦ coffee roll ♦ coffee room ♦ coffee rose ♦ coffee royal ♦ coffee senna ♦ coffee service ♦ coffee set ♦ coffee shop ♦ coffee Springs ♦ coffee stall ♦ coffee substitute ♦ coffee table ♦ coffee time ♦ coffee tree ♦ coffee urn ♦ coffee with cream ♦ coffee with milk ♦ decaffeinated coffee ♦ drip coffee ♦ early morning coffee ♦ electric coffee maker ♦ electric coffee pot ♦ excessive coffee drinking ♦ ground coffee ♦ have a cup of coffee ♦ have coffee ♦ hot coffee ♦ ice coffee ♦ iced coffee ♦ instant coffee ♦ irish coffee ♦ just coffee ♦ kentucky coffee tree ♦ liberian coffee ♦ make coffee ♦ mogdad coffee ♦ polished coffee ♦ pour coffee into cups ♦ processed coffee ♦ real coffee ♦ Rio Nunez coffee ♦ roast coffee ♦ roasted coffee ♦ robusta coffee ♦ small black coffee ♦ turkish coffee ♦ washed and cleaned coffee ♦ white coffee ♦ wild coffee. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coffee": coffee-and-cream, coffee-bar, coffee-beans, coffee-blender, coffee-break, coffee-breaks, coffee-brown, coffee-chat, coffee-colored, coffee-coloured, coffee-cream, coffee-cup, coffee-cups, coffee-drinkers, coffee-filled, coffee-filter, coffee-filters, coffee-flavoured, coffee-futures, coffee-grinder, coffee-growing, coffee-harvesters, coffee-harvesting, coffee-house, coffee-houses, coffee-lounge, coffee-machine, coffee-machines, coffee-maker, coffee-making, coffee-man, coffee-market, coffee-mill, coffee-mug, coffee-mugs, coffee-pot, coffee-pots, coffee-pouring, coffee-roasting plant, coffee-room, coffee-salting, coffee-sellers, coffee-service, coffee-shade, coffee-shop, coffee-spoon, coffee-spoonful, coffee-stained, coffee-stalls, coffee-table, coffee-table book, coffee-the, coffee-time, coffee-tray, coffee-trolley, coffee-warming. | |
Ending with "coffee": non-coffee. | |
Containing "coffee": black-coffee-and-orange-juice. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
coffee | 5,873 | coffee pot | 342 |
coffee break arcade | 3,517 | coffee machine | 329 |
coffee table | 2,516 | coffee break.com | 277 |
coffee maker | 1,817 | arcade.com break coffee | 270 |
kona coffee | 1,322 | coffee break game | 253 |
coffee break | 1,177 | glass coffee table | 250 |
coffee shop | 961 | gevalia coffee | 248 |
coffee cup | 920 | coffee gift | 245 |
starbucks coffee | 909 | peets coffee | 231 |
coffee bean | 833 | coffee house | 210 |
kenya coffee | 802 | flavored coffee | 210 |
mr coffee | 673 | coffee franchise | 196 |
coffee mug | 623 | coffee recipe | 194 |
coffee grinder | 545 | coffee roasters | 191 |
gourmet coffee | 469 | krups coffee maker | 184 |
specialty coffee | 452 | green mountain coffee | 184 |
bunn coffee maker | 448 | organic coffee | 178 |
costa rica coffee | 399 | amsterdam coffee shop | 176 |
office coffee | 388 | coffee bean and tea leaf | 171 |
caribou coffee | 363 | wholesale coffee | 170 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "coffee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | koffie, Afrikanertroos. (various references) | |
Albanian | kafe (bar, Java). (various references) | |
Arabic | فنجان قهوة, قهوة (cafe), بني اللون, بن. (various references) | |
Asturian | café (cafe). (various references) | |
Aymara | kaphiya. (various references) | |
Basque | ehogailu (coffee-mill). (various references) | |
Bavarian | kaffää. (various references) | |
Bemba | kofi. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | niitá'paisiksikimi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кафе. (various references) | |
Cebuano | kape (brown). (various references) | |
Chamorro | kafé. (various references) | |
Chinese | 咖啡 . (various references) | |
Cornish | coffy. (various references) | |
Czech | káva. (various references) | |
Danish | kaffe. (various references) | |
Dutch | koffie (coffe). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | cafí. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kafo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kaffi. (various references) | |
Farsi | قهوه , درخت قهوه . (various references) | |
Finnish | kahvi (cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof). (various references) | |
Flemish | koffie. (various references) | |
French | café (coffee-house). (various references) | |
Frisian | kofje. (various references) | |
German | Kaffee (coffees). (various references) | |
Greek | καφές. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | kafe. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קהוה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kávé (java), kávécserje (coffe shrub). (various references) | |
Icelandic | kaffi. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kopi. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | kaapi. (various references) | |
Irish | caife (café, of coffee). (various references) | |
Italian | caffè (café, cafe), caffé. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 珈琲 , コード刺繍 (cord embroidery, corner, corner cabinet, corner cupboard, corner kick, corner top, corner work, cornering), コーヒーの木 (coffee break, coffee float, coffee grinder, coffee house, coffee mill, coffee shop, coffee stand, coffee syrup, coffee tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こうひい, コーヒーブラウン , コーヒー . (various references) | |
Kongo | kafi. (various references) | |
Korean | 커피. (various references) | |
Macedonian | kafe. (various references) | |
Malay | kopi. (various references) | |
Manx | caffee. (various references) | |
Maori | kawhe. (various references) | |
Mohawk | kahwe. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kaffe. (various references) | |
Occitan | molin (pel cafè) (coffee-mill). (various references) | |
Papago | ka-hui. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kòfi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | offeecay.(various references) | |
Polish | kawa. (various references) | |
Portuguese | café (cafe, coffee palace). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | café (café). (various references) | |
Provencal | cafè (cafe). (various references) | |
Romanian | cafea (café, Mocha). (various references) | |
Romansch | café. (various references) | |
Romany | kafàva. (various references) | |
Ruanda | ikawa. (various references) | |
Russian | кофе. (various references) | |
Samoan | kofe. (various references) | |
Sepedi | kofi. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kafa. (various references) | |
Shona | muhubva (coffee bean tree). (various references) | |
Sicilian | café. (various references) | |
Spanish | café (café, cafeteria, coffeehouse, coffee-house, coffeepalace, cup of coffee). (various references) | |
Sranan | kofi. (various references) | |
Swahili | kahawa. (various references) | |
Swedish | kaffe. (various references) | |
Tagalog | kapé (café, coffee-house). (various references) | |
Thai | เมล็ดกาแฟ (coffee bean), สีกาแฟ, กาแฟ (java), ต้นกาแฟ. (various references) | |
Turkish | kahve (Java, Mocha). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kofe (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кавовий, кава. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cối xay cà phê (coffee-grinder, coffee-mill), cà phê sữa (white coffee), xe bán cà phê rong (coffee-stall), thìa cà phê (coffee-spoon), tách uống cà phê (coffee-cup, demi-tasse), quán giải khát (coffee-house), quán cà phê (coffee-house), phòng giải khát cho người kiêng rượu (coffee-tavern), hột cà phê (coffee-bean, coffee-berry), giờ nghỉ để uống cà phê (coffee break), giờ nghỉ để giải khát (coffee break), bình cà phê phin cà phê (coffee-pot), bã cà phê (coffee-grounds). (various references) | |
Welsh | coffi. (various references) | |
Yucatec | kaape, boxha'. (various references) | |
Zulu | ilikhofi, ikhofi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | qahwah. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | caffe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coffee": coffeecake, coffeecakes, coffeehouse, coffeehouses, coffeemaker, coffeemakers, coffeepot, coffeepots, coffees. (additional references) | |
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"Coffee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cioffe, Coaffee, coeffic, Coface, cofae, cofe, cofee, cofen, coffae, coffe, Coffea, coffed, coffen, coffi, coffie, coffre, coffy, Cuffe, Cuffy, Ecofuel, Keeffe, Mcaffee, ofee, soffy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coffee" (pronounced kÄ"fē) |
| 3 | -Ä" f ē | toffee. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-f-o" | |
-2 letters: coff. | |
-3 letters: cee, eff, fee, foe, off. | |
-4 letters: ef, oe, of. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-f-o" | |
+1 letter: coffees, offence. | |
+2 letters: coeffect, coffered, effector, foreface, offences. | |
+3 letters: coeffects, coffeepot, coiffeuse, effectors, forefaces, officered, offscreen. | |
+4 letters: coffeecake, coffeepots, coiffeuses, effloresce. | |
+5 letters: affectioned, coefficient, coffeecakes, coffeehouse, coffeemaker, effloresced, effloresces, interoffice, officialese. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Frequency 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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