Coffee vocabulary 131

Here is some vocabulary about the well-known drinks tea and coffee:



Coffee



coffee beans

seeds from a coffee bush (which are ground or crushed to make coffee grinds which are used to make the drink coffee)



white coffee :

coffee with milk



black coffee

coffee without milk



skinny coffee

coffee with skimmed (or low-fat) milk



espresso

a small measure of strong, dark coffee = [strong coffee, or a cup of this, made by forcing hot water through crushed coffee beans and served without milk]



...Do you like espresso?

...Would you prefer an espresso or a cappuccino?



latte

one measure of espresso and milk = a hot drink made from espresso (= strong coffee) and milk.



cappuccino

one measure of espresso and hot, frothy milk (milk which is whipped until it forms lots of tiny bubbles) and often powdered chocolate on the top.

=(a cup of) coffee made with heated milk which is served with a thick mass of bubbles and often powdered chocolate on the top.=



filter coffee (US drip coffee)

coffee made by slowly pouring boiling water through crushed

coffee beans in a coffee filter (thin paper which allows only the liquid to flow through, not the beans or the powder) =coffee made by slowly pouring hot water through crushed coffee beans in a coffee filter



instant coffee

coffee made by adding boiling water to coffee powder (it is made very quickly because you don't need to filter the coffee)



caffeine

(uncountable) a chemical, found in coffee (and tea), which is a stimulant (something which makes people more active)

a chemical, found for example in tea and coffee, which is a stimulant (= something which makes people more active)



decaffeinated coffee / decaf coffee

coffee that has been treated so that the caffeine (a chemical substance in coffee or tea) has been removed



...a cup of decaf



strong / weak

two adjectives used to describe coffee with a full flavour / lacking in flavour



Tea