drip coffee

American  

noun

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

2. drip grind.

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Etymology

Origin of drip coffee

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

His European colleagues have to save receipts even for a drip coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

You’ll find organic espresso and drip coffee, kombucha, and treats; a tiny bookstore; and all-organic and no-GMO grocer The Minglement — founded in 1972, during an era when many of the island’s counterculture inhabitants arrived.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Gruene Coffee Haus: ‌The go-to espresso stop in Gruene features a roastery and interesting blends like blueberry or Texas pecan drip coffee.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

So if we’re going out, we would probably go to Buffalo and Bergen, and I would get a poppy seed bagel with cream cheese and a regular drip coffee with half-and-half.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022

Von Liebig's idea of correct coffee making has been adapted to French practise in some instances after this fashion: put used coffee grounds in the bottom chamber of a drip coffee pot.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)