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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Mushroom Coffee Mushroom coffee is a blend of coffee beans and ground medicinal mushrooms or mushroom extracts. Jillian Kubala, Health, 19 Oct. 2025 The rising costs of coffee beans are keeping roasters and their customers on edge. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025 Crate & Barrel Airscape Matte Black coffee canister has a valve that locks, creating a little cranny for your coffee beans. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025 Liquid Death plans to enter the $23 billion energy drink market in 2026 with Liquid Death Sparkling Energy, which is naturally caffeinated from coffee beans rather than synthetic sources, Khetarpaul said. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee bean

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coffee bean was in 1688

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“Coffee bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20bean. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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