What is "coffee"

Coffee \Cof"fee\ (k[add]"f[-e]; k[o^]f"f[-e]; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Caf['e].]

1. The ``beans'' or ``berries'' (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

2. The coffee tree.

   Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea occidentalis, and Coffea Liberica. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called ``beans'' or ``berries''.

3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.

   They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion.
   --Bacon.

4. a cup of coffee[3], especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go.

5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.

6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.

   Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London.

   Coffee bug (Zo["o]l.), a species of scale insect ( Lecanium coff[ae]a), often very injurious to the coffee tree.

   Coffee rat (Zo["o]l.) See Musang.

c.1600, from Italian caffe, from Turkish kahveh, from Arabic qahwah "coffee," said originally to have meant "wine," but perhaps rather from Kaffa region of Ethiopia, a home of the plant (coffee in Kaffa is called buno, which was borrowed into Arabic as bunn "raw coffee"). Much initial diversity of spelling, including chaoua.\n

\nYemen was the first great coffee exporter and to protect its trade decreed that no living plant could leave the country. In 16c., a Muslim pilgrim brought some coffee beans from Yemen and raised them in India. Appeared in Europe (from Arabia) c.1515-1519. Introduced to England by 1650, and by 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses. Coffee plantations established in Brazil 1727. Meaning "a light meal at which coffee is served" is from 1774. Coffee break attested from 1952, at first often in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau. Coffee pot from 1705.\n\nDid you drink a cup of coffee on company time this morning? Chances are that you did
--for the midmorning coffee break is rapidly becoming a standard fixture in American offices and factories.

["The Kiplinger Magazine," March 1952]

1. Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee. n. A beverage made by infuse the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. v

2. (context intransitive English) To drink coffee.

1. n. a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: java]

2. any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans [syn: coffee tree]

3. a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn: coffee bean, coffee berry]

4. a medium to dark brown color [syn: chocolate, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]

COFFEE (often written as "C.O.F.F.E.E") is a computer scripting language that forms part of CINEMA 4D, a proprietary 3D graphics application. Although presented as an acronym the letters of the word COFFEE do not appear to stand for anything, but are rather a comic reference to Java, a considerably more famous computer language.

Coffee is a brownish color that is a representation of the color of an unroasted coffee bean. Different types of coffee beans have different colors when unroasted--the color coffee represents an average.

The first recorded use of coffee as a color name in English was in 1695.

The source of the color displayed at right is the ISCC-NBS Color List (see Page C, coffee, color sample #58).

"Coffee" (also titled "Coffee (Fucking)") is a song by American singer Miguel, featuring vocals from fellow American rapper Wale, taken from his third studio album Wildheart (2015). It was released on May 4, 2015 by ByStorm Entertainment and RCA Records as the album's lead single.

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant. The genus Coffea is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The plant was exported from Africa to countries around the world and coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, India, and Africa. The two most commonly grown are the highly regarded arabica, and the less sophisticated but stronger and more hardy robusta. Once ripe, coffee berries are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds (referred to as beans) are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. Roasted beans are ground and brewed with near boiling water to produce coffee as a beverage.

Coffee is slightly acidic and can have a stimulating effect on humans because of its caffeine content. Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. It can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, cafe latte, etc.). It is usually served hot, although iced coffee is also served. Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long-term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking appears in the middle of the 15th century in the Sufi shrines of Yemen. It was here in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed in a similar way to how it is now prepared. Coffee seeds were first exported from Eastern Africa to Yemen, as the coffee plant is thought to have been indigenous to the former. Yemeni traders took coffee back to their homeland and began to cultivate the seed. By the 16th century, it had reached the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. From there, it spread to Europe and the rest of the world.

Coffee is a major export commodity: it is the top agricultural export for numerous countries and is among the world's largest legal agricultural exports. It is one of the most valuable commodities exported by developing countries. Green (unroasted) coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world. Some controversy is associated with coffee cultivation and the way developed countries trade with developing nations and the impact of its cultivation on the environment, in regards to clearing of land for coffee-growing and water use. Consequently, fair trade coffee and organic coffee are an expanding market.

Coffee is a widely consumed beverage.

Coffee may also refer to:

In geography:

• Coffee City, Texas, a town
• Coffee County (disambiguation), several counties in the United States
• Coffee Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois
• Coffee Crater, in British Columbia, Canada
• Coffee Creek (disambiguation)
• Coffee Island, Isle aux Herbes in Alabama
• Coffee Swamp, in Wisconsin

Other uses:

• Coffee (color)
• Coffee (surname)
• COFFEE (Cinema 4D), a computer scripting language
• Coffee#1, a coffee house chain (a search for "Coffee#1" on Wikipedia takes you to Coffee)
• The Coffee Cantata, alternative name for a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Ethiopian Coffee FC, a football club based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), a research centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia
• Coffee High School, in Douglas, Georgia
• Coffee, a song on the album None Shall Pass by the American alternative hip hop musician Aesop Rock
• Coffee, a euphemism for sex
• Coffee, a song by American singer Miguel

Coffee is the surname of:

• Claire Coffee (born 1980), American actress
• Glen Coffee (born 1987), former American football running back
• Glenn Coffee (born 1967), American lawyer and politician
• Harry B. Coffee (1890–1972), American politician
• Jerome Coffee (born 1958), American former bantamweight boxer
• John Coffee (disambiguation)
• Lenore J. Coffee (1896–1984), American screenwriter, playwright and novelist
• Pat Coffee (born 1915), American former National Football League halfback
• Paul Coffee (born 1956), American retired soccer goalkeeper
• W. J. Coffee (1774–1846), English artist and sculptor