drip coffee
Americannoun
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a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
Etymology
Origin of drip coffee
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
In 1916, Orville W. Chamberlain, New Orleans, was granted a United States patent on an automatic drip coffee pot.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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