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Answer for the clue "Coffee house ultimately very much occupied by journalists ", 8 letters:
espresso

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Word definitions for espresso in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
coffee made under steam pressure, 1945, from Italian (caffe) espresso , from espresso "pressed out," past participle of esprimere , from Latin exprimere "press out, squeeze out" (see express (v.1)). In reference to the steam pressure.

Usage examples of espresso.

She loved her oversized, fire engine red stove imported from France, her Cuisinart, espresso machine, Belgian waffler, pasta maker, her Magnalite pots and pans, Henckels knives, cast-iron bakeware, microwave, and even her electric wok.

The ferry pitched and heaved on the water, and his lunch of dolmas and espresso was threatening to come back up.

There they would sit over wine or espresso and review with the other expatriates the latest news from the States.

Christmas Eve entry into the nonstop espresso machine of Manhattan, she had whited out with gesso all the nude portraits of Boomer Petway.

Coppola ordered an espresso at a lunch window, and Pimento joined him.

We paid our fares nice and polite and waited gentlemanly and quiet on the platform, old Dim fillying with the slot machines, his carmans being full of small malenky coin, and ready if need be to distribute chocbars to the poor and starving, though there was none such about, and then the old espresso rapido came lumbering in and we climbed aboard, the train looking to be near empty.

But he ordered the espresso and Sambuca from Sal the waiter, and the same for himself, and was chewing on one of the coffee beans from the Sambuca when Bernard came back.

Kelp gave him an alert look, but first Bernard had to taste his Sambuca, then he had to put a sugar cube in his espresso.

Billy Mulholland operated a shebeen that purveyed alcoholic cheer as well as espresso drinks and simple pub food.

And tremendous amounts of Chianti, Soave Bolla, espresso coffee, cannoli, and spumoni between meals.

With a knowing glance at Mannie while he still happily alternated between zabaglione and espresso Iris suggested that they take the subway together since she was unfamiliar with the downtown subways.

The zabaglione was followed by thick demitasse cups of espresso romano.

Moab, originally a Mormon enclave, once denied by miners, boasted its own brewpub, and residents and tourists could pull their thousand-dollar bikes up to espresso stands all over town.

Desdemona whisked into Exotica Erotica with two tall lattes that she had purchased at Emote Espresso.

Lo Manto put the espresso pot on the stove and turned the burner on low.