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Meaning of filter coffee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Brewed coffee; made with water strained through a filter holding the coffee.
    uncountable
  2. Indian filter coffee; a stronger blend made with milk, chicory and coffee percolated through a metal filter and served in a cup with a small, bowl-like saucer for cooling.
    India, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Filterkaffee
Suomi filtterikahvi suodatinkahvi
Íslenska uppáhellt kaffi

Examples

“[…]and ‘treat ourselves’ (we had somehow picked up our mothers’ vocabulary of post-war abstention) to a filter coffee, which we regarded as the last word in French cool.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

filter feeder filter funnel filter in turn filter lane filter pad filter paper

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