cream

en-noun

cream (countable and uncountable, plural creams)

→ Chinese: 忌廉, 淇淋 (qílín)

→ Hindi: क्रीम (krīm)

→ Indonesian: krim

→ Japanese: クリーム (kurīmu)

→ Korean: 크림 (keurim)

→ Swahili: krimu

→ Thai: ครีม (kriim)

→ Zulu: ukhilimu

From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream).
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).

der

Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.

2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, →ISBN, page 267:

(informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.


cream

en-verb

cream (third-person singular simple present creams, present participle creaming, simple past and past participle creamed)

creams (present singular third-person)
creaming (participle present)
creamed (participle past)
creamed (past)

(transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.


grind

grind (third-person singular simple present grinds, present participle grinding, simple past and past participle ground or grinded)

grinds (present singular third-person)
grinding (participle present)
ground (participle past)
ground (past)
grinded (participle past)
grinded (past)
grind (infinitive)
grind (infinitive)

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

the mill cannot grind with water that is past

I need to pontificate on something that really grinds me. So here goes. I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”

2003, Steven Wunderink, Minding Your Spiritual Business: Life Stories with Life Sense, page 139:

(transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.


grind

en-noun

grind (countable and uncountable, plural grinds)

This bag contains espresso grind.

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

jauhatus

a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans


shot

shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)

→ Dutch: shot

→ French: shot

→ Macedonian: шот (šot)

→ Malay: syot

→ Polish: shot

→ Portuguese: shot

→ Russian: шот (šot)

→ Spanish: shot

→ Swedish: shot

→ Ukrainian: шот (šot)

From Old English sceot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take


brew

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn.
Cognate with
Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley

cog

Landlady: You're not stoppin' for a brew?
Gene Hunt: No thanks, love. Better crack on.

2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.


still

en-adj

still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)

stiller (comparative)
more still (comparative)
stillest (superlative)
most still (superlative)

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

cog

l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand

To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion.

2007 January 3, Gerry Geronimo, “Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia”, in Manila Standard, archived from the original on 2011-07-19:

(not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time

застоял

having the same stated quality continuously from a past time


still

Via Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin stilla.

(catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.

A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.


crema

en-noun

crema (countable and uncountable, plural cremas)

From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.

doublet

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-crema.wav

The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.


crema

From Spanish crema. Doublet of cream, first-etymology crema, and crème.

A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.


coffee

en-noun

coffee (countable and uncountable, plural coffees)

coffee [from 1598] (canonical)
coffees (plural)

Tok Pisin: kopi

desc

→ Mon: ကဝ်ဖှဳ

→ Mon: ကဝ်ဖှဳ

→ Gujarati: કૉફી (kŏphī)

→ Hausa: kṑfī

desctree

→ Hindi: कॉफ़ी (kŏfī), काफ़ी (kāfī), कोफ़ी (kofī), कॉफी (kŏphī), काफी (kāphī), कोफी (kophī)
→ Sanskrit: काफी (kāphī)

→ Korean: 커피 (keopi)

→ Maia: kopi

→ Marathi: काफी (kāphī)

→ Marshallese: ko̧pe

→ Navajo: gohwééh

→ Scottish Gaelic: cofaidh

→ Welsh: coffi

Conservative, Received Pronunciation, dated

Etymology tree
Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor.
Ottoman Turkish قهوهbor.
Italian caffèbor.
Dutch koffiebor.
English coffee
Borrowed from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of café and caffè and cognate with the words for "coffee" in other major European languages, most of which are derived from the Turkish and Italian words.

etymon

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee

The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter[…], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer[…].

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:

VVhat a devil makes thee in ſo muſty a humour? Thou art as dull and dumpiſh as a fellovv that had been drunk over night vvith Ale, and had done nothing but drunk Coffee, talked Politicks, and read Gazettes all this morning.

1672, Thomas Shadwell, The Miser: A Comedy, […], London: […] Thomas Collins and John Ford, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1:

The great use of coffee in France is supposed to have abated the prevalency of the gravel, for where coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known.

1848, J. S. Skinner & Son, editor, The Plough, The Loom and the Anvil, volume I, Philadelphia: J. S. Skinner & Son, page 137:

"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." / "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" / "This morning, before father went downtown." / Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

[…]a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain[…]shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”:[…]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.

2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.

2008 April 12, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian:

He did not stay for coffee.

The end of a meal, when coffee is served.


coffee

Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.


group

→ Gulf Arabic: قروب (grūp)

→ Japanese: グループ (gurūpu)

→ Korean: 그룹 (geurup)

→ Tongan: kulupu

From French groupe (“cluster, group”), from Italian gruppo, groppo (“a knot, heap, group, bag (of money)”), from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus, from Frankish *krupp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”). In the sense of group theory coined (in French, as groupe) by Évariste Galois.
Cognate with German Kropf (“crop, craw, bunch”); Old English cropp, croppa (“cluster, bunch, sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, crop”) (whence English crop); Dutch krop (“craw”), Icelandic kroppr (“hump, bunch”). Doublet of crop and croup.

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Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.

1977, Roger C. Lyndon, Paul E. Schupp, Combinatorial Group Theory, Springer, page 192:

In this chapter we give some examples of Fuchsian groups. The most interesting and important ones are the so-called "arithmetic" Fuchsian groups, i.e., discrete subgroups of PSL(2,R) obtained by some "arithmetic" operations. One such construction we have already seen: if we choose all matrices of SL(2,R) with integer coefficients, then the corresponding elements of PSL(2,R) form the modular group PSL(2,Z).

1992, Svetlana Katok, Fuchsian Groups, University of Chicago Press, page 112:

2007, Zhong-Qi Ma, Group Theory for Physicists, World Scientific, page 277,
In Chap. 4 the fundamental concepts on Lie groups have been introduced through the SO(3) group and its covering group SU(2).

(group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.


café

Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

ubor

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.


cafe

(South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.


white coffee

en-noun

white coffee (usually uncountable, plural white coffees)

(uncountable) Coffee (the drink) with milk added.


latte

latte (countable and uncountable, plural lattes)

Abbreviation of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


instant coffee

instant coffee (usually uncountable, plural instant coffees)

A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


venti

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”).

(chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l).


venti

"They always order ventis," a cashier said brightly, "and are great tippers."

2002 July 14, Judith Matloff, “Whose Neighborhood?”, in The New York Times, page 3:

(chiefly US) A cup of coffee larger than grande, usually 20 ounces.


breve

An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.


cappuccino

cappuccino (countable and uncountable, plural cappuccinos or (less common) cappuccini)

cappuccinos (plural)
cappuccini (plural uncommon)

/ˌkæpʊˈtʃiːnəʊ/

PIE word
 *káput
Borrowed from Italian cappuccino (“cappuccino (coffee drink)”), from Viennese German Kapuziner (“Capuchin (member of an order of Roman Catholic friars)”) (due to the similarity of the dark brown colour of the beverage to that of the monastic habit; compare Franziskaner (“Franciscan”), a contemporary coffee drink with more milk and hence a lighter colour, similar to Franciscan monks’ light brown habits), and café noisette. Kapuziner was in turn borrowed from Italian cappuccino (“Capuchin”), from Italian cappuccio (“cowl, hood”) (from the hoods of Capuchin monks’ habits) + -ino (diminutive suffix); and cappuccio from cappa (“cowl, hood; cape, cloak; sleeveless coat”) (from Late Latin cappa (“cape; sleeveless coat”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”)) + -uccio (“diminutive suffix”). Doublet of Capuchin.
The plural form cappuccini is derived from Italian cappuccini.
details
In English attested 1904 as “[small] coffee mixed with milk”, 1933 as “express strong coffee diluted with milk”; in Italian 1905 as “black coffee ‘corrected’ with milk”, and still in 1931 as “black coffee mixed with a little milk”; the modern sense of a coffee drink made with espresso at a bar presumably developed in the 1930s in Italian, and was borrowed into English. The Italian term is of Northern Italian origin, in areas of former or contemporary Austrian rule and influence. The German term Capuzinerkaffee (Capuchin coffee) is attested 1790, referring to a rather different drink (boiled coffee with cream, sugar, spice, and whisked eggs), though by 1848 and into the early 1900s the Kapuziner had come to mean a drink of coffee and milk, with more coffee than milk, by contrast with the Melange, which had more milk than coffee; this usage continues to the present.
The etymology is confusing for a number of reasons. Firstly, the sense of “coffee beverage” originated in German, not in Italian, but the word (in the sense “Capuchin monk”) was calqued from Italian into German and then the sense of “coffee beverage” was reborrowed back into Italian. Secondly, the beverage that it refers to has changed over time: the modern international beverage is based on the Italian espresso-based, milk foam-topped drink of the mid-1900s, not the Viennese drink of coffee plus milk or cream from the 1800s; in Viennese coffeehouses, the Kapuziner and Franziskaner are still served, while the Viennese equivalent of the modern foam-topped cappuccino is the Melange. Thirdly, the association of the word with the drink is sometimes (erroneously) believed to be due to the “cap” of foam in the modern espresso-based form of the drink, though at the time the word was coined (in the 1700s) the drink only consisted of adding milk or cream to coffee: espresso machines date to the 1880s and foam-topped cappuccinos date to the mid-1900s, long after the word was established.

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Caffè latte (served only in the morning) is coffee mixed with milk; cappuccino, or small cup, cheaper; […]

1904, K[arl] Baedeker, Italy: Handbook for Travellers, 14th edition, 2nd part (Central Italy and Rome), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker; London: Dulau and Co., […], →OCLC, page xxi:

“What will you have? A cappuccino? Two cappuccini,” […]

1962, Carlo Cassola, translated by Marguerite Waldman, Bébo’s Girl, London: Collins, →OCLC, page 50:

The waiter kissed his fingertips. “We have the best ice cream,” he announced. “Made on the premises. We have vanilla, cherry, rum, banana, strawberry—” / Jack stopped him. “You’ve hooked me,” he said. “Bring a dish of banana.” / “With hot chocolate sauce?” / “The works.” / “Nuts?” / “Everything!” / “And two cappuccini?” / “I think I’ll live dangerously and have a plain coffee with Amaretto on the side,” Jade said.

1986, Jackie Collins, chapter 41, in Hollywood Husbands, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:

Cesare brought over three cappuccini.

2016, Camilla Trinchieri, chapter 6, in Seeking Alice […], Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 126:

(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.

cappuccino

Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk which has been steamed and/or frothed is added


speedball

en-noun

speedball (countable and uncountable, plural speedballs)

(slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.


rosette

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?
Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
Latin rosalbor.
Old French rose
Latin -ittus
Old French -ete
Old French rosete
Middle French rosettebor.
Middle French rosette
French rosetteinflu.
English rosette
Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette.


normale

Borrowed from Italian normale (“normal”). Doublet of normal.

A normal espresso drink, neither ristretto (shorter) nor lungo (longer).


double double

Norwegian Bokmål: dobbel-dobbel

(coffee): Used by the Tim Hortons restaurant chain.

Do: Be sure to say please and thank you; Canadians are known for their politeness. And don't order a double double in an independent cafe

2018, Lonely Planet's Global Coffee Tour, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

(Canada, informal) Coffee with the equivalent of two creamers and two packets of sugar.


chicory

en-noun

chicory (countable and uncountable, plural chicories)

From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (Cichorium intybus); heliotrope”), from Old French cicoree (modern French chicorée (“common chicory; endive; coffee substitute made from common chicory”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin cicorea, cichorea, *cichōria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek κίχορα (kíkhora), κιχόρεια (kikhóreia), neuter plural of κιχώριον (kikhṓrion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.

cog

I sent you the chiccory seed for trial, as it is so highly spoken of by A. Young and other British writers, [...] In foreign countries an imitation of coffee is made, by grinding the dried and burnt roots, and mixing a little real coffee wih the ground roots.

1815 June, Richard Peters, “Original Letter from Judge Peters of Pennsylvania, with Remarks on the Culture of Chiccory, the Mangel Wurtzel or Scarcity Root, &c. [Addressed to the Hon. Josiah Quincy, Esq.]”, in The Massachusetts Agricultural Repository and Journal, volume III, number 4, Boston, Mass.: Published by the Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture; printed for the Society, by Ezra B. Tileston, →OCLC, page 350:

In its fresh vegetable state, chicory, or succory—the Cichorium Intybus of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient.

1849 April 7, “The Outcry about Chicory”, in William, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, volume XI, number 275 (New Series), Edinburgh: Published by William and Robert Chambers; London: W[illiam] S[omerville] Orr, →OCLC, page 217, column 1:

The Colonial Garden contains plants brought from the Old World by colonists, as well as native plants that were used in colonial times. Planted here are yarrow (Achillea millefolium), chicory (Cichorium intybus), bee balm (Monarda didyma), and sorrel (Rumex acetosa).

1980 June, The National Herb Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum (Program Aid; no. 1261), [Washington, D.C.]: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, published May 1993 (revised), →OCLC, paragraph 3:

Chicories are a cool-weather salad staple throughout most of Italy. They include the rustic cutting chicories sometimes found growing wild in Italy, the burgundy-colored heading radicchios, and the elegant Belgian endive. All chicories share a mildly bitter taste that can be mitigated by blanching them and soaking them in salted water.

1999, Rosalind Creasy, “Italian Garden Encyclopedia [Chicories (cicorie): Cichorium intybus]”, in The Edible Italian Garden, North Clarendon, Vt., Singapore: Periplus Editions, →ISBN, page 36, column 2:

Chickory and radicchio (Cichorium intybus), which is a red-leafed chickory, can add a slightly bitter tang to a salad. Green chickories can be sown in early spring.

2012, Claire Splan, “Fruits, Herbs, Nuts & Vegetables [Lettuce]”, in California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best Edibles for California Gardens, Brentwood, Tenn.: Cool Springs Press, →ISBN, page 163:

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual

(countable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.

(chiefly British) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.

The leaves of the cultivated chicory, endive, when blanched, form an ingredient in early spring salads.

1821, A. F. M. Willich, Thomas Cooper, “CHICORIUM INTUBUS”, in The Domestic Encyclopedia; or, Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge, Chiefly Applicable to Rural & Domestic Economy. […] In Three Volumes, 2nd American edition, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed and published by Abraham Small, […], →OCLC, page 447, column 1:

In the beginning of May, 1870, we sowed some seed of this Dandelion in a well prepared bed, in which the roots could easily develope themselves without meeting with any obstacle. The young plants soon appeared above ground, and in autumn we were able to cut from them great quantities of long and large leaves, which made an excellent salad. Others were cooked the same as Chicory (Endive), and were found to be very good.

1873 January 11, “The Kitchen Garden. [Improved Dandelion.]”, in William Robinson, editor, The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches, volume III, London: Office, 37, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, W.C., →OCLC, page 37, column 2:

Cichorium endivia
Cichorium endivia#Translingual

(chiefly Canada, US) The endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.

The Coffee planters have invariably waged war against the use of Chicory, under the conscientious conviction that every ounce of Chicory consumed in England displaced an ounce of their Coffee in the market. [...] That the prudent, sensible, moderate use of Chicory has been abused, there can be no question; but the same remark applies to everything which has every been found useful in any branch of manufacture whatever.

1829, William Law, “Letter V. A Chapter on Chicory.”, in The History of Coffee, including a Chapter on Chicory, London, Edinburgh: Reprinted by William and George Law, […], published 1850, →OCLC, pages 37–38:

Whatever be the discoverable properties and applications of the dandelion tribe of vegetables, our object in the meanwhile is to see what part chicory is made to perform in the preparation and sale of coffee. [...] Of the flavour of the pure infusion of chicory we have already spoken: it was that of a peculiar bitterish sweet, not very palatable, yet not positively distasteful. [...] The flavour of the mixed coffee and chicory infusion was at once recognised to be that which the beverage called coffee ordinarily has when well made, and which most coffee-drinkers, we should imagine, would prefer.

1849 April 7, “The Outcry about Chicory”, in William, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, volume XI, number 275 (New Series), Edinburgh: Published by William and Robert Chambers; London: W[illiam] S[omerville] Orr, →OCLC, page 217, column 1:

Chiccory, as gentlemen know, is a substitute for coffee, and is preferred by many people to coffee. It is recommended by physicians in many cases of nervous disease as a substitute for coffee for the use of those for whose nerves coffee is too violent, yet who are accustomed to that beverage when in health.

1872 May 9, [William Darrah] Kelley?, “Tariff and Tax Bill”, in F[ranklin] & J[ohn] Rives and George A. Bailey, editors, The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-second Congress; […], part IV, Washington, D.C.: Office of the Congressional Globe, →OCLC, page 3240, column 2:

It is a very prevalent idea that the admixture of chicory with coffee is a decided improvement, and de gustibus non est disputandum [tastes cannot be disputed]; but the low price of chicory as compared with coffee is a strong temptation to increase the proportion of chicory to an undue extent.

1874 March 20, Alfred H. Allen, “Chemistry Applied to the Detection of Adulteration”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures, volume XXIX, number 747, London: Henry Gillman, […], →OCLC, section I (Coffee and Chicory), page 129, column 1:

(uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.


barista

Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.

bor

"From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...].

2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70:

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.


solo

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).


grande

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

(chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).


caffeine

en-noun

caffeine (usually uncountable, plural caffeines)

From French caféine, from café (“coffee”), or German Caffein, Kaffein (cp. Coffein, Koffein), from Kaffee (“coffee”) (cp. Kaffe, Koffee, Koffe), or Italian caffè (“coffee”) + -ine.

central nervous system
central nervous system

An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.

kafeinë

alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants


quad

Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.
The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.

A grande iced quad latte with milk is $6.65 + tax, whereas a quad over ice with milk added at the self-serve station is only $3.65 + tax

2023 May 7, Josh, “How to Order a Quad Over Ice + Fun Alternatives”, in Angry Espresso, archived from the original on 2023-05-28:

Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.


urn

From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna.

(botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.


coffee liqueur

A liqueur with coffee, such as Tia Maria or Kahlua


percolate

en-verb

percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)

percolates (present singular third-person)
percolating (participle present)
percolated (participle past)
percolated (past)

From Latin percōlātus, past participle of percōlō (“I filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“I strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin).

просмуквам се

(intransitive) drain through a porous substance

I'll percolate some coffee.

(transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

φιλτράρω

(transitive) to make coffee in a percolator

φιλτράρομαι

(intransitive) to make coffee in a percolator


espresso

en-noun

espresso (countable and uncountable, plural espressos or espressi)

/ɛkˈspɹɛsəʊ/

/ɪkˈspɹɛsəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian espresso, from caffè espresso (“pressed-out coffee”), form of esprimere (“to press out”), from Latin exprimere, from ex- (“out”) + primere (“to press”).
Some sources derive the term from “expressly (‘individually, directly’) made for the customer”, or as “fast” (Italian espresso also meaning “fast”, as in English express (“fast”)) but these are not widely credited. The original term for modern espresso (coffee extracted under pressure) was cream coffee, from Italian caffè crema (variant: crema caffè), due to the crema, and was seen on early Gaggia machines, but this term is no longer used.

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.


espresso breve

From Italian espresso and breve (“short”).

Espresso prepared with steamed half and half.


mochaccino

(US) The coffee drink cappuccino made with chocolate.


coffee royal

coffee royal (countable and uncountable, plural coffee royals)

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Coffee with added liqueur, topped with whipped cream.


long black

Up the hill towards the park was the coffee shop where she and Mandy had met, and where Hugh had come daily for his long blacks.

2009, Peter Yeldham, A Distant Shore, unnumbered page:

Once you have had your fill of nightlife, overdosed on cafe lattes or long blacks, seen a show or even cheered on a footy team, it's time to leave the city lights behind and experience Victoria′s wild side.

2010, Lindsay Brown, Justine Vaisutis, Jayne D'Arcy, Katja Gaskell, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 202:

Down two long blacks and you′ll visit the ladies′ room often enough to earn a VIP pass, but, despite its speedy exit, the liquid in your favourite morning caffeine boost still counts towards your hydration goal.

2011, Tiffiny Hall, Weightloss Warrior: How to Win the Battle Within, unnumbered page:

(Australia, New Zealand) A regular-sized cup of espresso coffee without milk, being a diluted version of a short black.


short black

1999, Donna Hay, Marie Claire: Food Fast, Murdoch Books, Australia, page 118,
For a real kick, add a generous teaspoon of vanilla to a strong short black—great for after dinner.

She took a sip and sputtered.
‘I ordered a short black. What the hell is this?’

2010, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Noah′s Law, page 42:

2010, Elizabeth Martin, Elizabeth Martin, Boomerang Press, Australia, page 179,
I started the week well with my resolution of cutting back on coffee. I had my morning coffee at the Red Raisin, a short black with lunch, an iced tea for my afternoon break, then a pick-me-up before the evening rush.

(Australia, New Zealand) A small cup or glass of espresso coffee.


Tia Maria

/ˌtiːə məˈɹiːə/

Brand name, from Spanish Tía María (“Aunt Mary”).


decaf

decaf (countable and uncountable, plural decafs)

(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

ко́фе без кофеи́на

чай, напи́ток


frappuccino

frappuccino (plural frappuccinos or (rare) frappuccini)

frappuccinos (plural)
frappuccini (plural rare)

French: frappuccino

Spanish: frappuccino

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Blend of frappe + cappuccino.
Genericization of Frappuccino.
From a Starbucks tradename (Frappuccino), from frappe (“a sort of milkshake”) and cappuccino.


demitasse

From French demi-tasse (literally “half cup”), from demi- (“half-”) + tasse (“cup”).


flat white

Coffee at Adelaide airport at 2 p.m., 9 July 2006. In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites. The Melbourne-based franchise chain Hudsons Coffee proclaimed a ‘formidable reputation for consistently making great cups of coffee’, but its airport outlet provided no evidence of this.

2007, Michael Symons, One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australia, 2nd edition, page 323:

‘Two flat whites, please,’ she said to the waiting Kelly. ‘In mugs.’

2009, Michelle Douglas, The Aristocrat and the Single Mom, page 17:

It was during this break that Cole realised that New Zealanders had no idea how to make coffee, serving up flat whites in cups the size of cereal bowls, and suggesting they were caffe lattes.

2009, Colin McLaren, On the Run, page 57:

My boss orders two flat whites. I′ve got to hand it to her, there′s no pretention about a flat white.

2010, Elizabeth Martin, The Coffeeholic and the Cafe, page 111:

A type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte.

馥芮白

white coffee made with espresso and hot milk


arabica

en-noun

arabica (usually uncountable, plural arabicas)

Coffea arabica#History
Coffea arabica#Taxonomy

See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.


robusta

robusta (usually uncountable, plural robustas)

From New Latin Coffea robusta, from Latin rōbusta, feminine of rōbustus (“strong”).

A plant of the African coffee plant species Coffea canephora.


macchiato

macchiato (countable and uncountable, plural macchiatos or (rare) macchiati)

macchiatos (plural)
macchiati (plural rare)

/ˌmækiˈɑːtəʊ/

From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculātus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”).
Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé.

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Kadar Al-Jahani glanced around at the rich Romans and the American tourists sipping their macchiati and cappuccini, and smiled.

2004, David A Rollins, Sword of Allah, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan Australia, published 2005, →ISBN, page 109:

This is a city obsessed by coffee. Sydneysiders can tell their arabica from their robusta, their macchiati from their ristretti, and have been known to follow their favourite barista from café to café.

2004, Pat Nourse, “Cafés, Bars & Pubs”, in Cath Phillips et al., editors, Time Out Sydney, 4th edition, London: Ebury Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 126, column 1:

Janie and I are having a couple of macchiati in Carluccio’s and discussing Judith Levine’s best-seller Not Buying It – A Year Without Shopping.

2006 August 12, Rosie Millard, “Leftovers in a Lidl bag – this must be a trip to remember”, in save&spend (The Independent), London, page 6, column 1:

The book’s contents are for the most part the result of scribbling on napkins over numerous macchiati and espressos away from the office at different posts over the years.

2010, Vladimir Alvarado, Eduardo Manrique, “Preface”, in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies, Burlington, Mass.: Gulf Professional Publishing, →ISBN, page vii:

Yellow cabs whizzed past, horns blared and people didn’t stop moving as they walked briskly down the sidewalks with their steaming cups of macchiato, mobile phones and iPods.

2014, Holly Martin, chapter 11, in One Hundred Proposals, Richard, Surrey: CARINA, Harlequin (UK) Limited, published 2015, →ISBN, page 190:

Senior Grits will splutter into their macchiati at the very idea that political bias is at play, pointing out that the latest list includes a former female head of the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs (Gwen Boniface) and the ex-head of the Ontario Securities Commission (Howard Wetston).

2016 November 1, John Ivison, “We have no idea who was rejected”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page NP2, column 5:


java

en-noun

java (countable and uncountable, plural javas)

From Java, an island on and near which a particular blend of coffee is made. The US use of the term to refer to any coffee originated in San Francisco, an early center of the US coffee trade.

A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.

45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory.

2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:


mocha

mocha (countable and uncountable, plural mochas)

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.

(countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.

mocha fudge

(historical) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.


joe

joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)

Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here.

2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops, page 221:


americano

americano (countable and uncountable, plural americanos)

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1970s, from Italian (caffè) americano or American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”). Cocktail sense from Italian americano.

“No, the coffee. Do you want a cup of Americano?” I groaned. Welcome to Europe. “Can't I just get a cup of regular coffee? A little cream, a little sugar?” […] “An Americano is a shot of espresso with hot water added.” “I don't know why they call it Americano. No one in America drinks espresso and hot water.”

2017, Ronald H. Balson, The Trust, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 16:

And he drank americano. That was interesting. Was he lactose intolerant or did he simply prefer his coffee black?

2018, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White, “Chapter 4: Sarah”, in The Glass Ocean, William Morrow, →ISBN:

A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.

美式咖啡

drink made of espresso diluted with hot water

ອາເມລິກາໂນ

ʼā mē li kā nō

The waiters wore striped waistcoats and green baize aprons. Bond ordered an Americano and examined the sprinkling of overdressed customers, mostly from Paris he guessed, who sat talking with focus and vivacity, creating that theatrically clubbable atmosphere of l'heure de l'aperitif.

1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 30:

An Americano is made of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water over ice in a highball glass. […] The drink was so popular among Americans visiting Italy at the turn of the last century that it was named after them.

2009, Eric Felten, How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, pages 37–38:

A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.


café noisette

café noisette (countable and uncountable, plural cafés noisette)

Borrowed from French café noisette (literally “hazelnut coffee”), due to the color; compare cappuccino.

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French cafés serve a large number of different kinds of coffee drinks, but the most traditional are plain espresso and café noisette (espresso with a light foam).

2021, Maryann Tebben, Food Cultures of France: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 113:

An espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.


coffee bean

The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea. Prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.


coffee bar

An establishment that sells coffee (and possibly other non-alcoholic drinks), a cafe. Food may also be served.


coffee break

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A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.

اِسْتِرَاحَة

a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee


black coffee

en-noun

black coffee (countable and uncountable, plural black coffees)

It wasn't enough. They'd be able to rouse her with black coffee.

1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, pages 305–306:

Boiled, percolated, pressed, or filtered, black coffee ranges from a light tea-like drink to deep black brew.

2005, Mark F. Sohn, Appalachian Home Cooking, page 36:

Coffee served as a beverage without cream or milk.


coffee grinder

A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).

طَاحُونَة قَهْوَة

a device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans


decaffeinated

From which caffeine has been removed (e.g. decaffeinated coffee).


percolator

She heard the percolator bell ring.

1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:

A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds


Irish coffee

Irish coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Irish coffees)

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A cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.

cafè irlandès

coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream


cafetière

/ˌkæf.əˈtjɛəɹ/

Borrowed from French cafetière. Doublet of cafeteria.

A cylindrical glass or metal jug, fitted with a filter on a rod, used to make coffee.

咖啡濾壓壺

cylindrical glass jug used to make coffee


coffeehouse

[…] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.

1714 (date written), [Jonathan Swift], Some Free Thoughts upon the Present State of Affairs. […], Dublin, London: […] T. Cooper, […], published 1741, →OCLC, page 3:

An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.


café au lait

café au lait (countable and uncountable, plural café au laits or cafés au lait)

café au laits (plural)
cafés au lait (plural)

/ˌkæfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/

/kæˌfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/

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Borrowed from French café au lait (literally “coffee with milk”).

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Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.


coffee shop

→ Dutch: coffeeshop

→ Korean: 커피숍 (keopisyop)

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"From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...].

2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70:

A small café or restaurant typically selling light refreshments along with coffee-based drinks.

A café-like establishment selling marijuana in the Netherlands.

(Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of kopitiam (“traditional eatery”)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coffee, shop.


doppio

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Italian doppio. Doublet of double and duple.


caffè americano

en-noun

caffè americano (countable and uncountable, plural caffè americanos)


caffè macchiato

caffè macchiato (countable and uncountable, plural caffè macchiatos)

He ascends to the above and fetches double lattes, caffè macchiatos, triple mochas for the Programmer, coming back trembling at what he has seen:[…]

2009, Anne Finger, Call Me Ahab: A Short Story Collection, University of Nebraska Press, page 31:

I loved you before you were born, have waited for you to be born, went to that café today waiting for you to sit there and order three caffè macchiatos—with just the thinnest streak of coffee—and to see me and to recognize in me, beyond the mask of my years, the man you have been expecting even before you came into this world.

2010, Frederic Tuten, Self Portraits: Fictions, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, page 85:

Riley was carrying two cups of caffè macchiato.

2017, Rosa Temple, Playing Her Cards Right, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN:

‘[…]I’ve had an idea! Let me explain …’ ‘Not before I’ve had some coffee!’ Francis hauled himself out of bed. Ten minutes later he crawled up the stairs again with two perfect caffè macchiatos. Only when he’d emptied his cup did he allow the conversation to proceed.

2021, Peter Scott-Morgan, Peter 2.0, Penguin Books, published 2022:


caffè latte

caffè latte (countable and uncountable, plural caffè lattes)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian caffè latte.


corretto

No more pizza, no more correttos, just another place renting VHS tapes.

An espresso coffee with a dash of grappa or other liqueur.


zarf

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.


wake up and smell the coffee

en-verb

wake<,,woke,woken> up and smell<,,:smelt> the coffee

wake up and smell the coffee (third-person singular simple present wakes up and smells the coffee, present participle waking up and smelling the coffee, simple past woke up and smelled the coffee or woke up and smelt the coffee, past participle woken up and smelled the coffee or woken up and smelt the coffee)

wakes up and smells the coffee (present singular third-person)
waking up and smelling the coffee (participle present)
woke up and smelled the coffee (past)
woke up and smelt the coffee (past)
woken up and smelled the coffee (participle past)
woken up and smelt the coffee (participle past)

Probably a humorous elaboration of wake up (“to become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand”), alluding to the fact that coffee is often consumed at breakfast time after waking up in the morning. The term was popularized by the American writer Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer (1918–2002), who used the pen name Ann Landers, in the syndicated newspaper advice column Ask Ann Landers.

Your paper gains "notice" as an example of the use of English as it should not be written nor spoken. Wake up and smell the coffee.

1927 June 4, Purist [pseudonym], “Smelling the coffee [letter]”, in John S[hivley] Knight, editor, Akron Beacon Journal, number 157, Akron, Oh.: Beacon Journal Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 5:

A few years back, when a wife told her husband to "wake up and smell the coffee," it usually was said in utter derision. Now, when there is coffee to smell, she shouts it to him in supreme delight.

1943 January 18, Guy Finamore, “Rationing dept.”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CII, number 15, Chicago, Ill.: Wheeler, Stewart & Scripps, →OCLC, page 17, column 2:

Wake up and smell the coffee, Dummy. You're a comfort station on a back-street detour. Send him on his way.

1970 November 29, Ann Landers [pseudonym; Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer], “Wake up, smell the coffee”, in The News & Observer, volume CC, number 152, Raleigh, N.C.: News & Observer Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, section III (Today’s Woman), page 20, column 4:

Dear God, was she going to look at everybody who owned a truck with this sort of suspicion? “Come on, Heskell. Wake up and smell the coffee. They've become the singles bars of the nineties.[…]”

1997 October, Joanna Elm, chapter 6, in Delusion, 1st mass market edition, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, published January 1999, →ISBN, page 51:

He had opened his eyes, which was what his first wife was always telling him to do—open your eyes, Al, wake up and smell the coffee—and seen that Rosalind was at least as unhappy as he was, […]

2000, Jane Smiley, “Breeders’ Cup”, in Horse Heaven, 1st trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published 2001, →ISBN, book 2 (1998), page 319:

(idiomatic, US, Philippines, informal) Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself.

面對現實

снять ро́зовые очки́ pf (snjatʹ rózovyje očkí, literally “take off pink glasses”)


cortado

We ordered a couple of shots and a couple of cortados and sat by the narrow, unglazed arch that overlooked the reservoir. 'To Yvan,' he declared, and I raised my aguardiente to his, chinking glasses to the insincere memory of [Yvan].

2009, Chris Haslam, Twelve-Step Fandango, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 93:

"[…] and a couple of espressos. Make the lady's a cortado, you know, the way you add just a touch of steamed milk."

2021, Florencia Mallon, Beyond the Ties of Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

A cup of espresso served with warm milk.


coffee klatch

Recently, on a wintry Sunday, some 2,500 white Chicago area residents embarked on a strange safari across the city, determined to do what most of them had never done before—visit a Negro home. Eager to purge themselves of ignorance about the city's "other half," they were participants in Interracial Home Visit Day, a "Coffee Klatsch" co-sponsored by local Catholic, Jewish and Protestant groups in an effort to eliminate racial bigotry and hate.

1963 April, “Anti-bias Coffee Klatsch: Windy City Interfaith Project Fights Bigotry with Coffee, Cookies and Conversation”, in Ebony, volume XVIII, number 6, Chicago, Ill.: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 67:

Gossip seems to manifest itself in its purest form in the coffee-klatsch. From everyday experience a coffee-klatsch is typically a circle of acquaintances who—either in a café or at home in a living room—gather for coffee and cake and unburdened by pressing obligations, turn their attention to one thing: the discussion of the flaws and actions of their absent acquaintances and endless talk about things that do not concern them.

1971, Jörg R. Bergmann with John Bednarz, Jr., and Eva Kafka Barron, transls., “The Gossip Sequence: The Social Embeddedness of Gossip”, in Discreet Indiscretions: The Social Organization of Gossip, Hawthorne, N.Y.: Aldine de Gruyter, →ISBN:

Coffee also connects me to my girlfriends. You may think of a coffee klatch as old-fashioned or outmoded, a bunch of housewives gossiping in a suburban breakfast nook, but a klatch is what you make it.

2005 April, Amanda Boyd, “Klatching Up: Getting together over Coffee in a Whole New Way”, in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oh.: Cincinnati Monthly Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 28:

A coffee klatch (or klatsch) is a small, informal discussion with a group of people in a private home, usually with light refreshments. Originally the term simply meant people getting together for coffee and conversation. But for public participation purposes, a coffee klatch is more like the coffees scheduled by politicians during a campaign. There is usually a short presentation, followed by questions, answers, and discussion. The fact that a coffee klatch is held in a private home changes the dynamic considerably from a public meeting, as participants are usually on their best behavior because they are guests in a home. […] Because the number of people who can meet in a private home is limited, you may need to hold a series of coffee klatches to reach more people.

2005, James L. Creighton, The Public Participation Handbook: Making Better Decisions through Citizen Involvement, San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 107:

Some sources suggest that coffee klatch was coined by husbands who, expressing their inherent displeasure of being excluded from the inner female coffee sanctum, used the term as a disparaging reference to their coffee-drinking wives. In the postwar baby boom years of American suburbia, the coffee klatch served as a means for the stay-at-home mother and nonworking married woman to build relationships and communicate with other women, thus easing the sense of isolation for some. The term may have returned along with GIs formerly stationed in Europe. German immigrants seeking the familiar continued to practice the custom by inviting their newfound neighbors.

2008, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Francine Segan, editors, Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl: An Encyclopedia, volumes I (A–G), Westport, Conn., London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 172:

[I]f a person was to talk about an issue one way in her morning coffee klatch and yet another way in response to a telephone interviewer later in the day, which one is her real opinion? Both are real and both have importance.

2016, Katherine J[ean] Cramer, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN:

A social gathering for conversation while drinking coffee.


whitener

en-noun

whitener (countable and uncountable, plural whiteners)

(Canada, countable, uncountable) A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer".


blackeye

A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.


coffee culture

A lifestyle characterised by drinking coffee (especially in a coffee shop having WiFi access) as a social activity.


frappalatte

frappalatte (countable and uncountable, plural frappalattes)

Any of several varieties of milky coffee served cold.


coffee pot

Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

A pot in which coffee is brewed or from which it is served.


coffee morning

→ Irish: maidin chaife (calque)

→ Welsh: bore coffi (calque)

(British) A social gathering where people talk over coffee and cakes, usually to raise money for a charity.

maidin chaife

a social gathering where people talk over coffee and cakes


coffeemaker

Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.

1681, Thomas De Laune, The Present State of London, page 113:

If your cook is not habitually a good coffee-maker, the coffee will most probably be sent in cold, thick, and weak—for want of some previous supervision.

1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book, page 35:

To be sure it had to be taken without milk, but there was plenty of sugar, and when Rod passed his tin cup for a second helping, the coffee-maker's face fairly beamed with gratified pride.

1892, Kirk Munroe, Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy, page 47:

One of the tests by which a Greek goddess is measured is the quality of her Greek coffee. There are many ways to prepare it, and a flawless result is uncontestable proof of proper technique. Medium, sweet, plain, “heavy” and sweet, “heavy” with no sugar, with or without a film of foamy bubbles are some of the many variations of an expert coffee maker. Can she prepare good coffee? She’s a goddess!

2018, Katerina Tsemperlidou, translated by Alexandra Kalapothaki, Greek Women are Goddesses, AKAKIA Publications, →ISBN:


café noir

café noir (countable and uncountable, plural café noirs or cafés noirs)

café noirs (plural)
cafés noirs (plural)

One night when he had no money for a room he spent the night in the Café du Dôme—buying only two cafés noirs—and he made thirty-three sketches of the stemmed goblet in which the coffee was served.

1947, Scott Graham Williamson, The Fiesta at Anderson’s House, Henry Holt and Company, page 161:


coffee table

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We were just settling ourselves around the coffee-table, when several friends from the parsonage arrived.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26:

(furniture) A long, low table, often placed before seating in a living room, on which drinks may be served, and magazines, etc. placed.


ristretto

ristretto (countable and uncountable, plural ristrettos or ristretti)

Borrowed from Italian ristretto (“concentrated”). Doublet of restrict.

With eight pre-set beverage buttons all your favorite hot drinks are just one push away: cappuccino, latte, one or two cups of ristretto, espresso, large cups of crema coffee, even hot chocolate and tea.

2005 October/November, “IMPRESSA Z5”, in Fine Cooking, number 74, Newtown, Conn.: The Taunton Press, Inc., →ISSN, page 83:

An espresso drink made with less hot water than normal.


high-test

(humorous, by extension) Of coffee: not decaffeinated.


latté

latté (countable and uncountable, plural lattés)

(hyperforeign) Nonstandard spelling of latte.


fika

fika (usually uncountable, plural fikas)

Fika can be done anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

2015, Anna Brones, Johanna Kindvall, Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats, page 3:

Fika is casual by nature, so there's no need to get fancy.

2016, Melissa Bahen, Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations, page 65:

Today, fika is a necessary component to work-life balance.

2018, Lynda Balslev, The Little Book of Fika: The Uplifting Daily Ritual of the Swedish Coffee Break, page 7:

The practice of taking a break from daily activities or meeting with people to enjoy pastries and drinks, typically coffee.


red-eye

red-eye (countable and uncountable, plural red-eyes)

The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
The verb is derived from the noun.

(countable) Types of beverages or sauces.

(Canada, regional) A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice.


sugar cube

Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.

قَنْد

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar


demitazza

Recent coinage, macaronic blend of French demi- (“half”) and Italian tazza (“cup”).

A small cup of Greek coffee or espresso, typically about 40-60 ml/2–3 fl oz capacity.


marocchino

marocchino (countable and uncountable, plural marocchinos)

From Italian marocchino, ellipsis of caffè marocchino, from its colour, as marocchino was a type of light brown leather (see Morocco leather) used in the 1930s to make hair bands.

If you stray from the Venice-Verona region, the chances that people will recognize the concept of a macchiatone greatly diminish. In Milano, a marocchino is a somewhat similar drink.

2011, Alon Y. Halevy, The Infinite Emotions of Coffee, Macchiatone Communications, LLC, →ISBN, page 58:

She headed toward the beverage lounge. "Could you make me a cup of Marocchino while you're there?" Smedrick yelled after her.

2018, Kristie Lynn Higgins, Shades Of Gray #3: Cerberus Versus Pandora, 10th anniversary edition:

Italian Coffee Drinks / Including espresso, cappuccino, latte, macchiato, ristretto, marocchino & Americano

2019 November 24, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 93, number 115:

“Oh, I’d be delighted to stop by. It’s been days since I’ve had a good coffee. Do you do marocchinos?” “Sure, though it’s called a mocha here and in the States.” “I’m from Alba, in Italy. We love our marocchinos.”

2022, Alyn Troy, The Marocchino Sparrow: A Witch and Ghost Mystery (Mystic Brews; 9):

Many a business deal or legal tussle had been settled (or sometimes started) over excellent lattes, cappuccinos, macchiatos, marocchinos, and shakeratos in dark corners of the colonial-era restaurant or on the terrace that enjoyed celebrated views of the Lowana River.

2022, Peter MacKenzie, The Needful: A Year in an International School in Africa, The Book Guild Ltd, →ISBN:

Kumquat changes its lineup of coffees monthly, including additions of restrained, calibrated coffee drinks. For February, the shop introduced a Valentine’s-themed concoction: the Ruby Marocchino espresso mixed with hot chocolate ganache and pineberry syrup.

2023 February 26, Bill Addison, “Wake up! Los Angeles is a coffee paradise”, in Los Angeles Times, page L10:

“We have an authentic Italian espresso machine that can make just about everything,” said Tiffany [Evans]. “We offer Italian Marocchino, Caffe’ Mocha, Caffe’ Latte’, Espressos, Cappuccinos and much more.”

2023 April 12, Marty Morgan, “‘Bar’ brings the ‘Juice’ to Newton”, in The Newton County Appeal, volume 114, number 37, page 2A:

A coffee drink made with a shot of espresso, cocoa powder and milk froth.


frap

Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]

2005, Information Week, numbers 1020-1036:


cup of joe

Uncertain.
* Possibly a shortening of "cup of jamoke", from java + mocha: this origin was given in a military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first appeared.
* Alternatively, perhaps a use of joe (“fellow, guy”), signifying that coffee was the drink of the common man.
* Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918) referred to a serving of instant coffee made by the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company (founded in 1910) as a "cup of George", and that the common abbreviation of the name "George" ("Geo.") was then read as "Joe".
* Another theory derives the term from Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), the Secretary of the U.S. Navy who abolished the officers' wine mess and thus made coffee the strongest drink available on ships. Snopes considers this unlikely because it says there is no attestation of the phrase "cup of joe" until 1930, 16 years after the 1914 order banning the wine mess. Confusingly, some other sources consider the Daniels derivation unlikely for the opposite reason: they say "cup of joe" predates the order.

Pike Place is Starbucks' attempt to address complaints that its regular cup of joe is bitter, overroasted and "burnt."

2008 April 9, James Poniewozik, “Starbucks' New Brew: A First Taste”, in Time:

(chiefly US, idiomatic) A cup of coffee.


latte macchiato

latte macchiato (countable and uncountable, plural latte macchiatos or (rare) latte macchiati)

latte macchiatos (plural)
latte macchiati (plural rare)

I was told by Leno Meiorin, proprietor of the original Caffè Mediterraneum in Berkeley, that he invented it [caffè latte] in 1959 when customers complained that the latte macchiati and cappuccini he was serving were too stingy in size.

2001, Kenneth Davids, “The Espresso Side of It”, in Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 153, column 1:

• Prepare 2 coffees or 2 latte macchiati at once / • 12 pre-programmed Barista specialty recipes / SUPER PREMIUM MACHINE FOR THE HOME!

2012 November, “GIGA 5 by jura”, in The Journal (Naples Daily News), Naples, Fla., page 50:

When one observes a group of people with iPads and latte macchiati sitting at the adjoining table in a cafe, one may rightly ask whether offices will be needed at all in 20 years’ time.

2013, best of DETAIL: Büro/Office, →ISBN, page 38, column 1:

He was as crisp and blue as ever, and as I approached him, a young waiter delivered two espressos, two latte macchiatos, two bottles of fizzy water, and a heaping plate of cornetti.

2015, Michael Downing, The Chapel: A Novel, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, page 242:

‘Coffee?’ interrupted an old man with a trolley, peeking his head into our compartment with a wide smile that showcased his golden teeth. He poured two cups of latte macchiato and gave us another golden smile before leaving.

2016, Ragini Gupta, chapter XVIII, in What I Lost in His Grave, Partridge India, →ISBN:

Slashing expenditures turned out to be an easy task, since most of my money went to supporting a lifestyle I’d no longer be living. Those latte macchiatos I guzzled to stay alert while hopping time zones? Deleted.

2017, Kristin Rockaway, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Traveling the World: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Center Street, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN, page 261:

She and her new guy obviously could afford trips like that. She had uploaded a whole photo gallery to the Web. The two of them smooching, or laughing at beachside cafés, with foamy latte macchiatos in front of them.

2018, Klaus-Peter Wolf, translated by Bradley Schmidt, The Oath, London: Zaffre, published 2019, →ISBN, page 78:

A coffee-based beverage, prepared by "staining" the steamed "pure" white milk by the addition of espresso, using half or less of the espresso shot of caffè macchiato.


Turkish coffee

Turkish coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Turkish coffees)

When a cup of coffee is wanted, the requisite amount of finely powdered coffee is measured into one of these little coffee-pots; water enough to fill the pot is poured in, and it is set upon live coals, until it heats up to just the boiling point. It is then, without straining or otherwise settling the grounds, poured out into a tiny cup, and this is Turkish coffee.

1881, Francis Beatty Thurber, Coffee; from Plantation to Cup, New York: American Grocer Publishing Association, page 35:

Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.

1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:

Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.


shakerato

Coffee drinks, including shakeratos made with espresso shaken over ice, are served at the generous bar.

2009 May 6, Florence Fabricant, “For a Good Cup of Coffee, Open Your Own Cafe”, in New York Times:


regular coffee

regular coffee (countable and uncountable, plural regular coffees)

Coffee of the sort which is considered the default in a given area:

(US, dialectal) American coffee, as opposed to espresso, or a derived coffee drink (cappuccino, latte, iced coffee, etc).

tavallinen kahvi

American coffee, as opposed to espresso etc.


portafilter

Blend of portable + filter, or possibly incompletely calqued from Italian Italian portafiltro "filter-carrier".

A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.

A similar-shaped device but without a bottom opening, used to backflush or clean an espresso machine.


split shot

I ordered a split shot latte.

A drink of coffee comprising half-caffeinated and half-decaffeinated espresso.


poor man's latte

poor man's latte (plural poor man's lattes)

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The other day a guy ordered a poor man’s latte in a particularly annoying way.

2007 May 7, Felicity Shoulders, “POOR man's latte?”, in Faerye.net:

(informal) An americano to which the purchaser adds a large amount of cream to simulate a latte in order to save money.


knock box

A small container usually provided with a bar used to empty espresso grounds by pounding a portafilter against the sides or the bar.


peaberry

A kind of coffee bean, one that develops alone in the cherry rather than with a second seed and thus has a more oval shape.


baristo

From barista (“bartender”), the -a having been interpreted as the Italian feminine singular ending -a, and then substituted with the masculine singular ending -o to specify a masculine, rather than feminine, agent noun.

Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos.

2002, Business week, McGraw-Hill, Inc, page 102:

On the other side of me a table holds several tureens of brewed coffee; additionally, a small man in a white coat stands beside a cappuccino maker. He is the official baristo of this White House coffee.

2003, Philip Edward Baruth, The X President: a novel, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 65, →ISBN:

SIR —
As a Starbucks baristo, I was pleased to read your even-handed treatment of the Ethiopian trademarking controversy.

2006: The Economist, volume 381, page 16 (Economist Newspaper Ltd.)

I walk over to Feet’s Coffee & Tea on Vine Street and tell the young #baristo, “My daughter started preschool today.” He gives me a coffee on the house.

2006, Rachel Sarah, Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 111, →ISBN:

The cute baristo. He’d somehow slipped in unnoticed again, and was now behind the counter in a sky blue T-shirt […]

2006, Rebecca Agiewich, BreakupBabe: a novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 50, →ISBN:

At the door, the baristo from Starbucks peeked in. His lime green hair seemed to stick straight up when he saw Jewel. “I brought you another latte. […]”

2008, Jennifer Stevenson, The Velvet Chair, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 71, →ISBN:

(nonstandard, hypercorrect) A specifically male barista.


civet coffee

Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries eaten, digested and defecated by civets.


kopi luwak

Borrowed from Indonesian kopi luwak (see kopi, luak, luwak).


Gaelic coffee

Gaelic coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Gaelic coffees)

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kaffeeklatsch

kaffeeklatsch (plural kaffeeklatsches or kaffeeklatschen)

kaffeeklatsches (plural)
kaffeeklatschen (plural)

Borrowed from German Kaffeeklatsch, 1877.


Starbucks

en-proper noun

Starbucks (plural Starbuckses or Starbucks)

From Starbuck (surname) + -s.
* (chain of coffee shops): Named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. Melville named the character in honor of the Starbuck family, a prominent whaling family based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The surname itself derives from the community of Starbeck in North Yorkshire, England.

Each week, more than 33 million folks worldwide pass through a Starbucks. Plus, up to three Starbucks open every day somewhere on the globe.

2005 April 30, Melinda Newman, “Q&A”, in Billboard, number 18, page 31:

Consider the Starbucks effect in the slogans written up recently in Fast Company magazine, where companies from various sectors now aspire to be the 'Starbucks of their respective industry': ...

2008, Andrew M. Jones, The Innovation Acid Test: Growth Through Design and Differentiation, →ISBN:

On my three-block walk to the subway I noticed not one, not two, but four Starbucks, which was quite a high concentration of retail outlets even for the Queen of Caffeine.

2010, Michael Salvatore, {Between} Boyfriends, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 49:

Companies now want to turn themselves into “the Starbucks of the ham business” or “the Starbucks of fuel-injector makers.”

Many people began to wonder whether we really needed two Starbucks directly across the street from each other.

2015, O. C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich, Linda Ferrell, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Cases, 10th edition, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 397:

Said the CEO of the nearly 500-plus store Caribou Coffee chain, “I got into the business because of what they [Starbucks] created.” In China, a small chain, Real Brewed Tea, aims to be “the Starbucks of tea.”

2014, George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of Society, →ISBN:


flattie

(informal) A flat white (type of coffee).


cupper

Just a quick cupper is all I have time for.

2013, Sherry Marie Gallagher, Dancing Spoons and Khachapuri: A Russian Tale, page 26:


coffee machine

Synonym of coffeemaker (kitchen coffee-brewing apparatus)

A vending machine that dispenses coffee.


iced coffee

en-noun

iced coffee (countable and uncountable, plural iced coffees)

Various types of cold beverages made from coffee.


coffeeman

In their cabin, Miss Martin and Miss Bowker were interrupted by a knock on the door. “Women up on the boat deck!” the voice cried. “Get your lifebelts!” There was no time to change clothes; each girl grabbed a wrapper and cloak. As they dashed down the passageway they looked back to their colleagues, all male: the French waiters, chef, chef's assistants, bakers, sauce makers, fish cooks, wine butlers, barmen, coffeemen, soup cook, and sculleryman.

1999, Kristen Iversen, Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, page 15:

A person who makes coffee in an establishment, or on a ship etc.


half-caf

(of coffee) consisting of equal parts decaf and regular coffee.


zarph

From Turkish zarf, from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “dish, container”). See also zarf.

A highly decorated and bejewelled Turkish tea cup.


coffee cup

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A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.


battery acid

battery acid (countable and uncountable, plural battery acids)


tea break

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(British, Australia) A short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.

اِسْتِرَاحَة

a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk


nutty Irishman

A drink of coffee made with Irish cream and hazelnut liqueur.


cold brew coffee

cold brew coffee (countable and uncountable, plural cold brew coffees)

He was smoother than a cup of cold brew coffee without being weak or mild. Perfectly brewed, at least for someone not named Sage.

2022, Emmeline Duncan, Double Shot Death, Kensington Books, →ISBN:

coffee, the liquid drink, which was created by steeping grounds in unheated water for hours (usually 12-24 hours) and then filtering out the grounds


pelican pot

An enamelware kettle with a distinctive pouring spout for brewing hand-drip coffee.


coffeehead

(slang) A person who is addicted to or regularly consumes coffee.


latte art

latte art (usually uncountable, plural latte arts)

An image formed by pouring hot milk on the surface of a cup of coffee.


suspended coffee

suspended coffee (countable and uncountable, plural suspended coffees)

A cup of coffee that a customer pays for in a café, but which is not actually dispensed at the time; rather, any disadvantaged person is later able to claim it without having to pay.


moka pot

Probably from Italian moka, from Arabic المُخَا (al-muḵā, “Mocha (a port city known for coffee)”) + pot.

der

A coffeemaker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee, traditionally made of aluminium.


Texas tea

en-noun

Texas tea (countable and uncountable, plural Texas teas)

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It gave Mike time to make me some Texas tea.” Martin looked puzzled. “I thought Texas tea was slang for oil.” “It may be. But to Texans like Mike and me, it merely means well-brewed, properly iced tea.”

2005, JoAnna Carl, The Chocolate Mouse Trap: A Chocoholic Mystery, →ISBN:

Kirby paused for a sip of Texas tea, then went on.

2015, Sarah Ockler, The Summer of Chasing Mermaids, →ISBN, page 166:


triple triple

(Canada, informal) A coffee with the equivalent of three creamers and three packets of sugar.


cowboy coffee

Coffee made by heating coarse grounds with water in a pot, letting the grounds settle, and pouring off the liquid to drink.


avolatte

The Aussie cafe has decided to start serving avolattes — yes, avolattes.

2017 May 22, Danielle Valente, “Avocado Lattes Exist And Everyone's Confused”, in Elite Daily:

The troubling trend of serving coffee drinks in hollowed-out produce “cups” has been on the rise since late last month, when a cafe in Melbourne, Australia made headlines for serving lattes in avocado peels (“avolattes”), Newsweek reported.

2017 June 6, Christian Gollayan, “Coffee shops are ruining perfectly good lattes with vegetables”, in New York Post:

Given the United States’ current fetishization of a) superfoods like kale and quinoa, b) Mexican chains like Chipotle and Qdoba, and c) Instagram-worthy products like avolattes and avocado toast, DeLyser does not anticipate this “meteoric rise” in avocado consumption going away anytime soon.

2017 September 22, Sal DeFrancesco, “Guac Costs Extra”, in Harvard Political Review:

(neologism) A latte served in half a hollowed out avocado.


coffee milk

coffee milk (countable and uncountable, plural coffee milks)

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A drink made by mixing coffee syrup or coffee extract with milk, popular in the US state of Rhode Island.


beanwater

(US, slang, chiefly New England) High spirits.


café con leche

café con leche (countable and uncountable, plural cafés con leche or café con leches)

cafés con leche (plural)
café con leches (plural)

She made thick stews from leftovers and the smells drowned out the aroma of Melena’s café con leches.[…]She was expensive, but Melena lived on café con leches and we paid her price.

2000, Ivonne Lamazares, The Sugar Island, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 88 and 109:

One of the later scenes of the play has performers sitting in nine oversized rocking chairs, all facing the audience, while they wait for waiters to serve them cafe con leche.[…]When drinking cafe con leche, it is customary to clink your glass with a spoon to call for a waiter, who arrives with the coffee and milk in two giant teakettles.

2004, Anita González, Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 106:

We sit in puffy velvet armchairs near the fireplace, in a corner at Satellite Coffee across from the University of New Mexico, drinking cafés con leche.

2010, Alisa Valdes, The Three Kings: A Christmas Dating Story, St. Martin’s Press:

Some were slumped over their café con leches in deep conversation; others were playing chess and some playing dominoes.

2012, A.Paul Dileski, After the Carnival, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 39:

I watched as she drank two café con leches, ate three different kinds of pastry, let me win our very quick, second chess game.

2015, Eduardo Lalo, translated by David Frye, Simone, Chicago, Ill., London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 64:

The waiter refills their coffee cups with warm café con leches.

2019, Kay Sellers, Outlier, Xlibris, →ISBN:

I was one of the only customers at that hour except for a few elderly men sitting morosely at the bar inside, busily reading their newspapers and dunking their croissants into their café con leches in semiautomatic movements.

2021, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Savage Tongues, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 131:


pourover

(often attributive) A style of coffee prepared by manually pouring hot water over the ground beans, rather than using an automatic drip method.


coffeemill

There was a stove, a bed, and a place to sit, an infant in the house where it was born, a silk parasol, gilt-framed looking-glass, and a patent new coffeemill nailed to an oak sapling, all told.

1956, Edwin Harrison Cady, Frederick J. Hoffman, Roy Harvey Pearce, The Growth of American Literature:

The bottom 10 households are headed by German, English, East Coast, and Irish, from a mix of occupations: Irish widow, Irish laborer, Virginia retired farmer, New York carpenter, Irish butcher, New York coffeemill worker, a multifamily household of a German fisherman and an English railroad worker, and two unknowns.

2009, South of Market: Historical Archaeology of 3 San Francisco .Neighborhoods:

The building was known by the town's inhabitants as the “Coffeemill” and, indeed, it looked like a great coffeemill on the market place.

2012, James Robert Tanis, Dutch Calvinistic Pietism in the Middle Colonies, page 16:


coffee-mill

Hark! he's muttering—voice like an old worn-out coffee-mill. Prick ears, and listen!”

1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick: Or the Whale:

January's voice was dry as he held the coffee-mill steady for Rose to pour in the beans.

2003, Barbara Hambly, Wet Grave, page 39:

He made several attempts to grind his corn with the help of a coffee-mill borrowed from a trading-ship, but without success; and now, like the inventor of steam navigation, and other benefactors of their species nearer home, he was laughed at for his simplicity.

2011, J. B. Marsden, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden of Paramatta:


coffee mill

The best way to do the grinding is in an electric coffee mill, if you happen to have one, but the old mortar-and-pestle routine works well, too.

1998, Glenn Andrews, Growing & Using Cilantro: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin, page A-181:

After drying, put ingredients, small amounts at a time, into a coffee mill and grind to a spice-like consistency.

2000, Gabriel Cousens, Conscious Eating, page 675:

She held an ornate brass coffee mill under her left arm and used her right hand to grind the freshly toasted beans.

2012, Nada Saleh, New Flavours of the Lebanese Table:

A device designed for grinding coffee beans.


coffee extract

A concentrated liquid made from coffee beans and alcohol used as a flavouring.


dalgona coffee

dalgona coffee (countable and uncountable, plural dalgona coffees)

Borrowed from Korean 달고나 커피 (dalgona keopi).

bor+

A coffee beverage made using whipped dalgona-flavored coffee cream and milk.


dalgona

en-noun

dalgona (countable and uncountable, plural dalgonas)

Some people have opted to modify their Dalgonas, adding coffee liqueur and adding half milk, half Baileys.

2020 March 31, Hayley Richardson, “Have YOU tried a Dalgona yet? New creamy coffee drink sparks viral craze - with thousands whipping up the Instagrammable beverage while in lockdown”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-28:

Dalgona – whipped instant coffee – is dominating Instagram right now. […] After being served a whipped coffee in Macau, he presented it on a TV show called Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant in January, christening it “dalgona” for its likeness to a popular South Korean sweet of the same name. Korean YouTubers began making their own dalgonas in late February. […] Pour or spoon the foam over hot or cold milk and you have dalgona, a coffee that looks great and tastes awful.

2020 April 9, Nick Connellan, “I Tried to Improve That Viral Dalgona Coffee and It Almost Ruined Me”, in Broadsheet, archived from the original on 2020-04-14:

Many have put their own twist of the Dalgonas since it originated last month, making them boozy with coffee liqueur, while others have tried to add a sweet twist with the likes of Nutella or Biscoff.

2020 April 27, Bridie Pearson-Jones, “Dalgona gets a pink twist! Social media users add strawberry Nesquik and rose syrup to create an even more Instagram-friendly drink after original coffee cream version went viral”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-26:

Launched on May 2, 2020, Kulture Diversity offers Yakult-flavored dalgonas (a thick and creamy beverage) in one-liter containers. […] "The reseller has assured us of her credibility because she properly handles our Yakult dalgonas."

2020 May 27, Justine Punzalan, “Millennial couple launches Yakult-inspired business during ECQ, and it's thriving”, in PEP.ph, Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc., GMA New Media, archived from the original on 2020-07-01:

While some of us were stirring dalgona coffee, baking banana bread, and fretting about productivity as the lockdown days stretched on, writer Shobhaa De was spending her time vlogging on Instagram, before she got into the mood for writing short stories. […] [quoting Shobhaa De] The lockdown provided several triggers and threw up so many creative opportunities. I used the time in a way that suited me. No judgments! If baking banana bread and whipping up dalgonas worked for someone—great!

2020 June 15, Somak Ghoshal, “Sex, lies and job loss: Shobhaa De on her weekly lockdown stories”, in Mint Lounge, archived from the original on 2023-02-08:

As far as food is concerned, data shows when people weren't whipping up Dalgonas or baking Banana Bread, they found comfort in biryanis, which ruled the roost with nearly 5.5 lakh chicken biryani orders.

2020 July 25, Himadri Buch, “Chicken biryani or masala dosa -- what did Indians order most during lockdown?”, in Moneycontrol, Network18 Group, archived from the original on 2023-10-10:

But Wong’s Dalgonas are on another level. Green matcha cream and rich chocolate Dalgona coffee are a couple of her upgrades.

2020 August 25, Emerald Pellot, “Dreamy cloud jelly recipe looks just like a summer sky”, in Yahoo Life, archived from the original on 2020-08-26:

Commenting on the partnership, Mayur Hola, Head of Global Brand at OYO said, “Everyone’s done sitting at home. We’re all done with throwbacks, Dalgonas, banana breads, jhadu-pocha, and circling the terrace.[…]”

2020 September 11, “Rocky & Mayur embark on a road trip across Rajasthan, experience Sanitised Stays at OYO hotels in Udaipur”, in Udaipur Kiran, archived from the original on 2020-09-27:

The mango dalgona is a popular drink inspired by the flavor of a Korean candy. […] "Our lattes are very popular but what has taken off are the dalgonas," said Grace.

2022 April 21, Norman M. Taruc, “Experience the atmosphere at Elevenses cafes”, in The Guam Daily Post, archived from the original on 2022-04-21:

Grind AVL is our go-to spot for dalgonas and super creative latte flavors (think: toasted marshmallow).

2023 May 4, Laura Hackett, “Your guide to Asheville’s coffee scene”, in AVLtoday, 6AM City Inc., archived from the original on 2023-10-10:

For more iced coffee recipes — from brown sugar Dalgonas to iced caramel lattes — we recommend you peruse the comments section and check out the countless recipes online.

2023 June 28, Maxwell Shukuya, “‘I’m Blown Away’: Iced Coffee ‘Fiend’ Shares How To Save Big on Your Summer Coffee Habit”, in Cheapism, archived from the original on 2023-10-10:

Baristas recommend serving dalgonas over ice with a splash of milk, which dilutes your coffee and gives a beautiful contrast between the pale milk and dark froth.

2023 July 22, Laura Honey, “I tried the TikTok-viral dalgona coffee trend: a barista’s thoughts”, in Homes & Gardens, archived from the original on 2023-10-10:

“We took action and hired baristas to come to our labs to help with improvement and design phases. After a year or so, NotMilk was performing great, delivering amazing macchiatos, lattes, flat whites, cappuccinos, cortados, dalgonas etc.,” said Matias Muchnick, CEO and founder at NotCo.

2023 August 24, “NotCo Introduces Shelf Stable NotMilk Barista with “Cold and Hot Foam Like No Udder” for US Foodservice”, in vegconomist, archived from the original on 2023-08-28:


filter coffee

(India, particularly South India) Indian filter coffee; a stronger blend made with milk, chicory and coffee percolated through a metal filter and served in a cup with a small, bowl-like saucer for cooling.


drip coffee

drip coffee (countable and uncountable, plural drip coffees)


crappuccino

He drained the lukewarm dregs of his railway station crappuccino, and watched Womble concocting his morning glass of Fangocur, a revolting volcanic clay mix said to combat halitosis

“We don't have crappuccinos here. Just real coffee. For people who like coffee.”

2018, Stacie Ramey, The Secrets We Bury:


caffè mocha

caffè mocha (countable and uncountable, plural caffè mochas)

From Italian caffè (“coffee”) + Mocha, Yemen.

The only trick to making such counterfeit caffè mochas at home is mixing the chocolate syrup with the espresso before you pour in the milk.

2001, Kenneth Davids, “Espresso at Home”, in Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, 5th edition, St. Martin’s Griffin, page 172:

These made-to-order beverages not only appeal to established coffee drinkers but to younger individuals who enjoy espresso-based drinks, such as caffè lattes and caffè mochas, served hot, iced and frozen.

2011, Greg Ubert, 7 Steps to Success: A Common-Sense Guide to Succeed in Specialty Coffee, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99:

And so Ross had walked with Jessabelle Rothstein, that day clad in a canary-yellow jumpsuit, to the Starbucks in the park and he purchased two iced caffè mochas—with a shot of caramel each—from the bored barista, and then they’d adjourned to a table outside in the delightful April sun.

2016, Joshua Corin, Forgive Me: A Xanadu Marx Thriller, Alibi, →ISBN:

You noticed I stopped drinking caffè mocha?

2019, Shon Shree Lewis, Better Than Coffee, Page Publishing, Inc, →ISBN:


coffolate

coffolate (countable and uncountable, plural coffolates)

ICED COFFOLATE[…]Makes 1 quart coffolate.

1920 August, Mrs. Simon Kander [i.e., Lizzie Black Kander], compiler, The Settlement Cook Book, 10th edition, Milwaukee, Wis.: The Settlement Cook Book Co., Inc., page 28:

Glazed carrots were prepared and used as a garnish for the planked fish dinner, and an iced coffolate was made for the dessert.

1928 October 19, “Brides Learn Coffee Secret”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume CXXIX, number 111, San Francisco, Calif., page 22:

But sometimes we’d rather take more time and make a more elaborate hot drink, one such as coffolate, which “hits the spot” as almost every man, woman or child who drinks it will at once remark. Coffolate usually is made with coffee and chocolate, as the name suggests, but this particular recipe uses coffee and cocoa.

1937 January 21, Mary Meade, “Hot Beverages de Rigeur^([sic]) on Winter Nights: These Drinks Warm Cockles of the Heart”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVI, number 18, page 16:

If you can’t be warmed from the outside in by a semi-tropical sun, it is pretty great to be warmed from the inside out by something as delicious as hot spiced wine with brandy, or hot coffolate with brandy, is it not?

1968 January 12, Ruth Ellen Church, “Warmer-Uppers to Combat Bitter Weather”, in Chicago Tribune, 121st year, number 12, section 2, page 2:

A hot drink made from coffee and chocolate or cocoa; mocha.


coffee pause

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-coffee pause.wav

Calque of Finnish kahvipaussi, Finnish kahvitauko, French pause-café, or German Kaffeepause.

Ok, after a coffee pause, I found it in 10 minutes :)))) Thanks for reading anyway. I just had to use the cos(a)*cos(b) stuff twice, et voila.

1995 March 29, Alain Fontaine, “Trigo”, in sci.math (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-11:

While they had a coffee pause, and one of them was not able toopen^([sic]) the jar, he suddenly explored increased blood pressure which was seen on his face, and odd words were flowing out of his mouth - and all of sudden there was jam everywhere, for everybody.

1998 September 11, Olavi Noronen, “DID and PTSD”, in sci.psychology.psychotherapy (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-11:

Different question totally is does your boss have to allow smoking at work. Of course not! Work is work, usually there is^([sic]) two coffee pauses and one lunch break during standard work day, and those breaks should be enough for smokers too...

2000 January 17, Sir Robin, “Smokers in CA don't find nicotine a drug”, in alt.law-enforcement (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-11:

Registration fees include Acts of the workshop and coffee-pauses. It will be possible to have lunch on the campus on the 21 th,^([sic]) 22th and 23th.

2001 September 4, GODS...@home.com, “Di: foNETiks newsletter”, in alt.conspiracy.princess-diana (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-11:

You should try Lavazza just before and just after you paint, Bruce. Coffee, then attach the painbrushes^([sic]) to your feet and on you go. Then a coffee pause, and on you go (on the wet paint) again:-) This way you'll get the "look" that is very "in" where I live. Patiné. Old look!Excellent exercise and I guarantee that you won't think of T for one second.

2002 September 30, Susanne Sourire, “Need some advise^([sic]) about what I have to look forward too^([sic])”, in alt.support.tinnitus (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-11:

(non-native speakers' English) A coffee break.


mugaccino

I remember a woman I know bemoaning her weight loss failures to me over three full-fat mugaccinos one day.

2010, Sally Symonds, 50 Steps to Lose 50 kg…and Keep It Off, Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd, →ISBN:

What if the only things that would quash your hunger and cravings were a blueberry and white chocolate scone and a mugaccino?

2011, Amanda Sainsbury-Salis, Don’t Go Hungry for Life, Random House Australia, →ISBN:

I am relaxing into my decaf soy mugaccino[…].

2013, Elizabeth Martin, All You Need Is Love + Coffee, Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 197:

(informal, Australia) A cappuccino in a mug.


latte artist

Smayah Uwajeneza’s first espresso was memorably unpleasant. The 19-year-old barista and latte artist wrinkled her nose as she recalled the bitter sip. “I hated coffee then.” Now, she says, she “can’t live without it”.

2018 January 26, Lauren Gambino, “Forget tea, drink more coffee: can a national culture be changed?”, in The Guardian:


pumpkin spice latte

pumpkin spice latte (plural pumpkin spice lattes)

The drink was developed by the Starbucks coffee chain in 2003.

A coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, espresso, and often sugar, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.


bulletproof coffee

bulletproof coffee (plural bulletproof coffees)

Coffee with a high-fat substance added, often butter or coconut oil.


café royale

Pseudo-Gallicism (formed within English), from café (“coffee”), with postpositive (as usual in French) royale f, royal m (“royal”). Although café is masculine, the feminine form royale is used.

Café royale was also a favourite beverage with them—a cup of strong black coffee with brandy, the latter being bought separate in a bottle. The coffee could be doctored to any degree of strength. At first, my shipmates would take one portion of brandy, a swallow of café royale, and in would go another, and so it continued until each bottle was emptied.

1902, Stanley Waterloo (indicated as editor), “A Glimpse of the Mediterranean”, in The Story of a Strange Career, Being the Autobiography of a Convict: An Authentic Document, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, pages 145–146:

We had a café royale—with Lanagan pouring his thimble-full of cognac in my glass—and Morton left.

1913, Edward H. Hurlbut, “The Conspiracy of One”, in Lanagan, Amateur Detective, New York, N.Y.: Sturgis & Walton Company, page 73:

“I’ve got a little real good brandy in my tent. Like to drop over and have a café royale?”

1928 May 15, Thomson Burtis, “Misfortune Hunters: A New Novelette of the Border Air Patrol”, in Anthony M[elville] Rud, editor, Adventure, volume LXVI, number 5, New York, N.Y.: The Butterick Publishing Company, page 174, column 2:

Sherry before dinner—when in her fury she had thought it impossible to face her mother’s stupid guests—and a cognac after dinner to satisfy Peter Knorr’s whimsy for a café royale had fanned Hope Borden’s smoldering anger against that intolerably rude boy downstairs.

1934 October, Beatrice Blackmar, “Charity Ball”, in H[arry] P[ayne] Burton, editor, Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan, volume XCVII, number 4, New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, Inc., page 158, column 1:

He followed this with a thick and tender small steak, soufflé potatoes, asparagus hollandaise, a tossed green salad and zabaglione, along with a café royale for a finisher.

1951 September, Sam Merwin, Jr., “House of Many Worlds”, in Startling Stories, volume 24, number 1, Kokomo, Ind.: Better Publications, Inc., section XI, page 62, column 2:

I took her coat, built up the fire, and fixed her a café royale while she stood in front of the fire.

1952, Peter Ordway, The Face in the Shadows, New York, N.Y.: A[aron] A. Wyn, Inc., →LCCN, page 189:

There was alwavs steady drinking, in the middle of the night should he awaken, before breakfast, and during it, when he turned his coffee into a café royale with brandy, at lunchtime and at the cocktail hour, and of course, a nightcap.

1956 January, Virginia Conroy, “I Am the Widow of an Alcoholic”, in Today’s Health, volume 34, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Association, pages 56–57:

Burning with a gem-like flame in a spoon warmed by the hot coffee, a cube of sugar is set ablaze with cognac to make a café royale.

1956 March, Poppy Cannon, “Cognac: Grand finale for a perfect dinner—Overture to a memory-full evening”, in House Beautiful, volume 98, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, page 116:

After-dinner demitasse cups of coffee can be great fun, either a café brûlot or a café royale. Café royale is so simple that it really doesn’t require a recipe. Just place a lump of sugar in a teaspoon of cognac, ignite the cognac over a demitasse cup of coffee, and then lower the spoon slowly into the cup.

1961, Julie Benell, “Be daring: flaming cookery”, in Let’s Eat at Home, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →LCCN, page 369:

He was at a banquette in the Stag Bar, with a café royale and sixteen registration cards, when a man who looked like a shy Milquetoast, a bookkeeper with an inferiority complex, deposited his brief case on the leather cushion beside the Marshal.

1961, Stewart Sterling [pseudonym; Prentice Winchell], chapter 12, in Too Hot to Handle: A Marshal Pedley Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 77:

He watched her as she took a sip of the steaming coffee, wondering how long she had been in the kitchen, how many cups of café royale she had had already.

1964, Borden Deal, The Loser, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 57:

Anne ordered a café royale while Peter had hot chocolate with brandy.

1968, James Kerr [pseudonym; Frederick Mugler], The Clinic, New York, N.Y.: Coward-McCann, Inc., pages 71–72:

Tiny cups of café royale were served in the carpeted parlor after dinner, with the wonder of an infinitesimal silver spoon on each saucer!

1969, Nell Wilson Parsons, chapter 22, in Upon a Sagebrush Harp, Saskatoon, Sask.: Prairie Books, The Western Producer, page 122:

(His father has since discovered that brandy and medicine mix just fine, and at 81 he will not turn down a café royale.)

1973 February 19, “Gin Rummy and Racing Cars”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 38, number 7, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., page 33, column 1:

Special dishes like prawns, salami, asparagus, and dry-cured hams are served with all the lamb one can eat, topped off with café royale and singing.

2009, Joxe Mallea-Olaetxe, The Basques of Reno and the Northeastern Sierra (Images of America), Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 82:

(uncountable) Coffee with brandy, sometimes served with spices, cream, etc.; (countable) a serving of this beverage.


ellick

ellick (countable and uncountable, plural ellicks)

Uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of elixir.

(dialectal, Lumbee, North Carolina) Coffee, usually sweetened with sugar and/or cream.