Kona coffee
[ koh-nah kaw fee, kof ee ]
/ ˈkoʊ nɑ ˈkɔ fi, ˈkɒf i /
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noun
an arabica coffee tree, Coffea arabica, cultivated exclusively in the Kona district on the Island of Hawaii.
the seeds, usually called beans, of this tree, among the most expensive of the world’s coffee beans.
Also called Kona . the beverage made from the ground beans.
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Origin of Kona coffee
First recorded in 1895–90
Words nearby Kona coffee
kompromat, Komsomol, Komsomolsk, Komura, kona, Kona coffee, kona cyclone, konak, Konakry, Konarak, konbu
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