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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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.
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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
The result is a new paper published in the journal Matter demonstrating how adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
Coffee Roasting Roasting is a heat process that brings out the aroma and flavor locked inside the naturally green coffee beans.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
Notably, this digital library of coffee flavors could create a benchmark for original flavors, and how they are affected over time as climate change affects coffee bean agriculture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
Related Articles The coffeehouses have become Bay Area darlings in the pandemic era, but the fame of Yemen’s coffee beans goes back centuries.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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
The result is a new paper published in the journal Matter demonstrating how adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
Coffee Roasting Roasting is a heat process that brings out the aroma and flavor locked inside the naturally green coffee beans.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
Notably, this digital library of coffee flavors could create a benchmark for original flavors, and how they are affected over time as climate change affects coffee bean agriculture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
Related Articles The coffeehouses have become Bay Area darlings in the pandemic era, but the fame of Yemen’s coffee beans goes back centuries.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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