coffee bean
noun
plural coffee beans
: the usually dried and roasted seed of a tropical plant (genus Coffea and especially C. arabica and C. canephora) from which coffee (see coffee sense 1a) is prepared
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As a popular coffee bean is threatened by rising temperatures, researchers try a replacement
Climate change might be coming for your favorite cup of coffee, as rising temperatures are affecting production of Arabica, the most popular coffee bean.
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NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Square tins of coffee beans adorn the café’s walls from floor to ceiling in eye-popping shades of saffron—the most expensive of which is Paraiso Gold from Brazil that retails at Bacha for S$1,100 ($840) per 100 grams.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Of course, there are many other bakeries and places to stop for coffee along the street, including Dose, which uses small-producer coffee beans and makes an excellent espresso (not always easy to find in Paris).
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
But those experiments only used lightly roasted coffee beans.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 May 2024
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NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Square tins of coffee beans adorn the café’s walls from floor to ceiling in eye-popping shades of saffron—the most expensive of which is Paraiso Gold from Brazil that retails at Bacha for S$1,100 ($840) per 100 grams.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Of course, there are many other bakeries and places to stop for coffee along the street, including Dose, which uses small-producer coffee beans and makes an excellent espresso (not always easy to find in Paris).
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
But those experiments only used lightly roasted coffee beans.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for coffee bean
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