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drip coffee

noun

  1. a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drip coffee1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Example Sentences

This classic drip coffee maker is easy and reliable for a strong morning cup of joe.

Different capsules are used for drip coffee and espresso, but the machine does require Illy brand pods.

Altogether, this machine offers unrivaled flexibility as a competent drip coffee pot and a state-of-the-art pod coffee maker.

This Keurig coffee maker offers both the brand’s pod brewing experience as well as a larger classic drip coffee carafe integration.

For genuine percolator, or drip coffee, French and Austrian china drip pots are mostly employed.

“The fellows that work the logs on the river have their own kind of coffee that they call drip coffee,” said Felix.

The coffee should be ground to medium fineness for boiled coffee, to a finer powder for the percolated and drip coffee.

Drip coffee is made in a funnel or a cup-shaped device which is suspended in a coffee pot (Fig. 117).

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