instant coffee• Widely available since the 1930s, instant coffee is produced commercially by brewingground freshly roasted coffee to a strong concentrate.• Freeze driedinstant coffee is always more granular and chunky than instant coffee powder.• Freeze dried instant coffee is more aromatic than the instant coffee powder and more expensive.• Sorry, all I have is instant coffee.• I regularly pay £5 for 300g of instant coffee.• I've always got plenty of instant coffee and rapport ... Maybe he was shy.• He tries very slowly to stand up and get to the kitchen to give me some instant coffee.• Nestlé, for example, vary their instant coffee to suit the tastes of coffee drinkers in different countries.
Origincoffee
(1500-1600)Italiancaffè, from Turkishkahve, from Arabicqahwa
ADJECTIVE | ... OF COFFEE | VERB + COFFEE | COFFEE + VERB | COFFEE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤strong濃咖啡▸➤weak淡咖啡▸➤black, dark清咖啡;不加牛奶的咖啡◇a mug of strong black coffee一大杯濃濃的清咖啡➤milky, white (BrE) 加牛奶的咖啡◇She drinks very milky coffee with lots of sugar.她喝加很多糖和牛奶的咖啡。➤frothy (especially BrE) 泡沫咖啡▸➤sweet甜咖啡▸➤bitter苦咖啡▸➤hot, steaming熱咖啡;熱氣騰騰的咖啡◇a pot of piping hot coffee一壺滾燙的咖啡◇He brought in two mugs of steaming coffee.他拿來兩大杯熱氣騰騰的咖啡。➤lukewarm微溫的咖啡▸➤cold冷咖啡▸➤iced冰咖啡➤flavoured/flavored, hazelnut風味/榛果咖啡▸➤fresh新鮮咖啡◇The others will be back soon-I'll go and make some fresh coffee.其他人很快就要回來了,我去煮些新鮮咖啡。➤excellent, expensive, good極好的/昂貴的/上等咖啡➤gourmet, organic, specialty (NAmE) 美味的/有機/特色咖啡▸➤decaf, decaffeinated脫去咖啡因的咖啡▸➤filter, ground, percolated, real過濾咖啡;磨好的咖啡粉;濾煮咖啡;天然咖啡▸➤instant速溶咖啡◇Would you prefer instant coffee?你愛喝速溶咖啡嗎?➤Irish (= with whiskey added) , Turkish (= very strong, black and sweet)愛爾蘭咖啡(加威士忌);土耳其咖啡(濃、黑而甜)➤afternoon, morning午後的/早晨的咖啡... OF COFFEE➤cup, mug, pot一杯/一大杯/一壺咖啡VERB + COFFEE➤drink喝咖啡◇Do you drink coffee?你喝咖啡嗎?➤have喝咖啡◇I had two coffees while I waited.我在等候的時候喝了兩杯咖啡。➤take要咖啡◇'How do you take your coffee?' 'Milk, no sugar, thanks.'“你要什麼樣的咖啡?”“加牛奶,不要糖,謝謝。”➤sip, take a mouthful of, take a sip of抿咖啡;喝一大口咖啡;抿一小口咖啡◇He took a sip of his coffee.他抿了一口咖啡。➤down, drain, drink up, finish喝光咖啡;喝完咖啡;喝光咖啡▸➤stir攪拌咖啡▸➤pour (sb)(給某人)倒咖啡▸➤go for, go out for去喝/出去喝咖啡◇Let's go out for a coffee when you've finished work.你完成工作後,我們出去喝杯咖啡吧。➤brew, make煮咖啡◇freshly brewed coffee剛煮的咖啡◇I'll make some coffee for breakfast.我要煮些咖啡早餐喝。➤grind磨咖啡◇freshly ground coffee新磨的咖啡COFFEE + VERB➤get cold, go cold咖啡涼了▸➤be laced with sth咖啡中加了⋯◇coffee laced with cognac加了上等白蘭地的咖啡➤keep sb awake咖啡使某人醒着COFFEE + NOUN➤cup, mug咖啡杯;大咖啡杯▸➤machine, maker, percolator, pot咖啡機;煮咖啡壺;濾煮式咖啡壺;咖啡壺▸➤grounds咖啡渣➤bean咖啡豆▸➤break, klatch (NAmE) 工間喝咖啡休息時間;咖啡茶點敍談會➤bar, shop咖啡館PREPOSITION➤in your coffee咖啡裏◇I have milk but no sugar in my coffee.我的咖啡裏加了牛奶但是沒有加糖。PHRASES➤an aroma of coffee, a smell of coffee一股咖啡的香味/氣味◇An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股誘人的咖啡香味飄進了房間。➤coffee-making facilities (especially BrE) 煮咖啡的器具◇Tea and coffee-making facilities are available in the rooms.房間裏都有沏茶和煮咖啡的器具。