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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The coffee beans are roasted on the island by Chilmark.
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Brothers Dan and Greg Martino offer tours of their open-ocean oyster farm near Oak Bluffs on their 31-foot boat and explain how oysters grow.
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Jennifer Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
This tradition started with coffee beans as a garnish for sambuca.
—Rishon Hanners, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
Extracting the caffeine in this gentler way preserves the flavors of the coffee bean.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
The researchers then trained and tested several different AI systems that could distinguish among 16 different coffee bean varieties from around the world.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
Drip is a brewing method that involves pouring hot water over ground coffee beans, allowing the water to pass through the grounds and a filter, extracting the flavors and aromas along the way.
—Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2024
Green coffee extract is derived from unroasted coffee beans.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Contestants had to gather one kilogram of ripe Arabica coffee beans from plants along a slope.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
Image Image Image Around 7 on a recent morning, a dozen crew members loaded one of the small barges with boxes of coffee beans, copier paper, kitchen towels and other goods to be delivered to French bistros and businesses.
—Liz Alderman James Hill, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Jennifer Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
This tradition started with coffee beans as a garnish for sambuca.
—Rishon Hanners, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
Extracting the caffeine in this gentler way preserves the flavors of the coffee bean.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
The researchers then trained and tested several different AI systems that could distinguish among 16 different coffee bean varieties from around the world.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
Drip is a brewing method that involves pouring hot water over ground coffee beans, allowing the water to pass through the grounds and a filter, extracting the flavors and aromas along the way.
—Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2024
Green coffee extract is derived from unroasted coffee beans.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Contestants had to gather one kilogram of ripe Arabica coffee beans from plants along a slope.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
Image Image Image Around 7 on a recent morning, a dozen crew members loaded one of the small barges with boxes of coffee beans, copier paper, kitchen towels and other goods to be delivered to French bistros and businesses.
—Liz Alderman James Hill, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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