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

The decaffeination process removes nearly all caffeine from coffee beans, but a small amount remains. —Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025

Mushroom Coffee Mushroom coffee is a blend of coffee beans and ground medicinal mushrooms or mushroom extracts. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 18 Mar. 2025

Three years later, Hendon's team showed how adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds. —Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025

My top pick, the Fellow Aiden ($365), is a powerful machine that can account for your local elevation and has special recipes for individual coffee beans—and yet contributing reviewer Pete Cottell managed a great mug within eight minutes of unpacking the box. —Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for coffee bean

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