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

Examples of coffee bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Garten recommends a gift like good local coffee beans or homemade granola as a welcome next-morning treat after a long night of entertaining. —Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025

Plus, the space will have a coffee bar made with Onyx coffee beans. —Kansas City Star, 20 Nov. 2025

MiiR Airlock Coffee Canister Fresh air can ruin coffee beans, so Miir updated their coffee canister with a brand new rubber stopper to keep beans savory. —Jakob Schiller, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025

The spike in coffee prices comes down to a dearth of supply due to extreme weather conditions alongside robust demand, meaning too many dollars are chasing after too few coffee beans, experts said. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

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