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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Order a drink, add a pastry, and choose your view: Face one direction to watch coffee beans being roasted, turn another to watch the boats chugging around the harbor.
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Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
Most coffee beans, even if freshly roasted, sit stored as green beans for months.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
The excreted coffee beans were removed from the animal's feces, washed, roasted, and packaged for sale.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This set also comes with a variety of coffee bean origins like Kenya and Guatemala.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
Most coffee beans, even if freshly roasted, sit stored as green beans for months.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
The excreted coffee beans were removed from the animal's feces, washed, roasted, and packaged for sale.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This set also comes with a variety of coffee bean origins like Kenya and Guatemala.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Coffee bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20bean. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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