The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter(nb..), which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer(nb..).
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"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 April:
As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.
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The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.