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coffee
phrases
a cup/mug of coffee
• Jake had a quick breakfast and a mug of coffee.
a pot of coffee
• Shall I make a pot of coffee?
verbs
have a coffee
• She stopped in a café to have a quick coffee.
drink coffee
• I don’t often drink coffee.
sip coffee
(= drink it slowly )
• He sat in his chair, peacefully sipping his coffee.
make coffee
• You wash up and I’ll make the coffee.
pour the coffee (out)
• He poured the coffee out into mugs.
spill coffee
• He’d accidentally spilt coffee over the table.
adjectives
black
(= without milk )
• He went up to the counter and ordered a black coffee.
white
(= with milk )
• I’d like a white coffee, please.
fresh
(= made very recently using coffee beans )
• the delicious smell of fresh coffee
strong/weak
• I needed some strong coffee to wake me up.
milky
(= with a lot of milk in it )
• a steaming mug of milky coffee
decaffeinated
( also decaf informal ) (= without any caffeine in it )
• Have you got any decaf coffee?
coffee + NOUN
a coffee cup/mug
• Kate put down her coffee cup.
a coffee pot
• She refilled the coffee pot.
a coffee machine
(= for making coffee )
• Janice crossed to the coffee machine and filled two plastic cups.
a coffee break
(= a break from work to have some coffee )
• Shall we stop for a coffee break?
a coffee stain
(= a mark left by coffee or a coffee cup )
• The table was covered in coffee stains.
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noun ADJ. strong | weak | black, dark a mug of strong black coffee | milky, white She drinks very milky coffee with lots of sugar. | frothy | sugary, sweet | bitter | hot, steaming a pot of piping hot coffee He brought in two mugs of steaming coffee. | lukewarm, tepid | cold | iced | fresh The others will be back soon?I'll go and make some fresh coffee. | excellent, expensive, good | decaffeinated | ersatz | filter, percolated, real | instant Would you like real or instant coffee? | Irish (= with whiskey added), Turkish (= very strong, black and sweet) QUANT. cup, mug, pot VERB + COFFEE drink Do you drink coffee? | have I had two coffees while I waited. | take ‘How do you take your coffee?’ ‘Milk, no sugar, thanks.’ | sip, take a mouthful/sip of He took a sip of his coffee. | drain, drink up, finish | stir | pour (sb) | go for Let's go for a coffee when you've finished your essay. | brew, make freshly-brewed coffee I'll make some coffee for breakfast. | grind a packet of freshly-ground coffee COFFEE + VERB get/go cold | be laced with sth coffee laced with cognac COFFEE + NOUN cup, mug | machine, percolator, pot | dregs | break PREP. in your ~ I have milk but no sugar in my coffee. PHRASES an aroma/a smell of coffee An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room. | coffee-making facilities Tea and coffee-making facilities are available in the kitchen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary