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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My absolute favorite, however, is Ethiopia Wine, a limited edition concentrate made with rare coffee beans from the Gesha region.
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The coffee beans are sourced from Those Guys Coffee out of New Hartford.
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There are a series of unstable, radioactive ruthenium isotopes believed to have a triaxial shape, similar to an almond or coffee bean, according to a press release.
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
Do green coffee bean supplements have side effects?
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
The coffee beans are sourced from Those Guys Coffee out of New Hartford.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
There are a series of unstable, radioactive ruthenium isotopes believed to have a triaxial shape, similar to an almond or coffee bean, according to a press release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Coffee bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20bean. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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