Coffee

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I never used to like coffee, but my wife convinced to start drinking it during a period when I worked selling real estate. Guaranteed, when arriving at the home of a potential client, they'd offer a cup of coffee.

My wife believed refusing might make me seem a little odd and ungrateful and possibly give a poor first impression, so I learned to love coffee to make myself seem less odd.

What do you think of coffee? The drink of the gods or something that's hot, brown and bitter?

coffee
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Meanings
noun
  • a hot drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (coffee beans) of a tropical shrub.
    E.g. a cup of coffee
  • the shrub which yields coffee seeds, native to the Old World tropics.

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Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Coffee is a hot drink and it is made from coffee beans. There are many different types of coffee like espresso and cappuccino. Coffee shops are also popular and many people buy coffee from shops like Starbucks.

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