French coffee
French coffee noun: coffee mixed with chicory.
Noun
French coffee (countable and uncountable, plural French coffees)
- Coffee mixed with chicory.
- Also the first-named component has to be in excess of a given percentage (e.g. in the UK so-called French coffee has to contain at least 51% roasted coffee, the remainder being roasted chicory).1987, R.J. Clarke, R. Macrae, Coffee: Related Beverages, page 150
- In the old days, “French Coffee" (with Chicory mixed) used to be in green Colour, and pure Coffee used red Colour.2002, Indian Coffee: Bulletin of the Indian Coffee Board
Examples of French coffee in a sentence
- Everything was very simple—typically French coffee, served in a bowl and strongly flavored with chicory, along with a piece of bread—yet I was received as an old friend.2014, Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby, My Battle Against Hitler:
- Emile has a taste for chicory-infused French coffees, a taste Alex doesn't share.2014, Maddox Kent, The Writing Class, page 184:
Forms of French coffee
| plural | French coffees |
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Questions about French coffee
- What does French coffee mean?
- French coffee means coffee mixed with chicory.
- How do you use French coffee in a sentence?
- Everything was very simple—typically French coffee, served in a bowl and strongly flavored with chicory, along with a piece of bread—yet I was received as an old friend.
- What part of speech is French coffee?
- French coffee is a noun.
- What is the plural of French coffee?
- The plural of French coffee is French coffees.
Words near French coffee in the dictionary
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