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
From espresso to drip coffee and complex beverages, this hands-off machine does it all.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024
Ms. Solomon ordered a latte for herself and a drip coffee with cream for her husband.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 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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