Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
arabica | coffee produced from the shrub Coffea arabica, grown esp. in Brazil. |
bohea | an inferior kind of black tea. [From the Wu-i hills in China]. |
cappuccino | black coffee with a little milk > CAPPUCCINI or CAPPUCCINOS. |
cha char | tea. |
chicory chiccory chickory | a plant the leaves of which are used as a coffee substitute. |
coffee | a powder made from the seeds of a tree of the madder family; a drink made from this. |
congo congou | a kind of black Chinese tea. Pl. CONGOS or CONGOES; CONGOUS. |
corretto | espresso coffee with a shot of alcohol. |
cuppa | a cup esp. of tea. |
decaf decaff | a decaffeinated coffee. |
espresso expresso | a form of coffee-making machine; coffee made with this. Pl. ESPRESSOS, EXPRESSOS. |
filtre | as in cafe filtre, a strong black filtered coffee. |
frappe frappee | of coffee etc. iced, artificially cooled; (noun) an iced drink. |
hyson | a fine sort of green tea. |
java | a type of coffee. |
lapsang | a variety of SOUCHONG tea with a smoky flavour. |
latte | a kind of coffee, as in cafe latte. |
macchiato | espresso coffee served with a dash of hot or cold milk: MACCHIATOS. |
manuka | an Australian and New Zealand tree of the myrtle family, with aromatic leaves used as a substitute for tea. |
matcha | (Japanese) a tea made from finely ground green tea leaves. |
mate | an infusion made from the leaves and shoot of a S. American shrub, aka Paraguay tea. |
mocha | a choice, pungent coffee. |
oolong oulong | a variety of black tea with the flavour of green. [Chinese wu-lung, black dragon]. |
pekoe | a scented black tea. [Chinese pek-ho, white down]. |
ristretto | (Ital.) a very strong espresso coffee > RISTRETTOS. |
robusta | coffee produced from a shrub Coffea robusta. |
rooibos | (Afrikaans) tea made from the dried leaves of an African plant > ROOIBOSES. |
silverskin | the fine skin of a coffee bean. |
soochong souchong | a kind of black tea of a fine quality. [Chinese hsiao, small, + chung, sort]. |
stroupach stroupan | (Scots) a drink of tea. |
succory | a plant the leaves of which are used as a coffee substitute. |
tay | tea. |
tea | can also be a verb, to take tea: TEAS, TEAING, TEAED. |
teabag | a small bag containing tea. |
tealike | like tea. |
twanky twankay | a variety of green tea. [From Tong-ke in China]. |
yapon yaupon youpon yupon | a tree of the holly genus, the leaves of which are used as a tea substitute. |
yerba | a herb the leaves of which are used to make mate, or Paraguay tea. |
zamzawed | of tea, stewed in the pot. |