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black medicine water.

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coffee on the morning after halloween

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A list of words for coffee in ten different languages…

10. Welsh = coffi

9. French = café

8. Manx = caffee

7. Romanian = cafea

6. Dutch = koffie

5. German = kaffee

4. Swedish = kaffe

3. Malagasy = kafe

2. Icelandic = kaffi

1. Ojibwe = makade-mashkikiwaaboo (literally “black medicine water”)

(plus others found later and added in below)

Tamil: Kaapi

Hungarian- kávé

 Indonesian: Kopi

Spanish: Cafe

Korean: kuppi

Swedish slang for coffee: Java or Kip. 

Snutkaffe (cop-coffe): standard black coffee with absolutely no sugar or milk.

Preferably from a gas station.

 Onondaga word for coffee: either khófi or ohnegaijíh (black alcohol)

trump: covfefe

The phrase in Welsh according to the BBC for “I like coffee” is “dw’in hoffi coffi”

which does rhyme.

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I pretty much will drink any coffee. turkish prison coffee, gas station coffee, day old, microwaved, reheated, etc.  I especially love the Ojibwe translation (black medicine water), which I find to be quite accurate. anyone have any others?

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‘coffee is a language in itself.’

-jackie chan

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  1. It’s the beverage that’s gone round the world! And in the novel, The Sparrow, the scent of it is prized on another world.

    “Etymology
    Italian & Turkish; Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwa” The word “coffee” first known use in 1598, according to Merriam Webster.

    I love coffee–the taste and the smell.

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  3. I used to drink so much strong coffee at one time it began to seriouslyaffect my stomach. So I changed to tea and now only have coffee occasionaly, as a ‘treat’. Still love the smell of it. ☕
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  8. What a fun post Beth! I to really like the Ojibwe translation :)

    I remember 2 coffee stories to share: dipping toast in a tiny bit of coffee when I was young. No idea how or why this started but I loved the taste. Later, as a teen working as a summer hire within the large company my dad worked at, teaching myself to drink black coffee during my AM/PM “coffee break” because that’s what all the adults did in the break room. It worked apparently because I do like black coffee still. It’s decaf however, but is my go to beverage every morning.

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  15. Hard to believe there was a time when I drank instant coffee. Blech! And then for a few years I drank just black coffee. Blech! Still only one cup in the morning and that’s it. I doubt the stuff I brew would pass as coffee for most people.

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  20. This made me smile! I love that you’ll take it anyway it comes…and ‘black medicine water’…the day after Halloween? Tonic for so many who spent a busy, busy Halloween with little ones. 🤣💝🤣

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  29. I also love the balck medicine water.
    And my husband usualyl reminds people that if they cannot drink their coffee back, they might need to try a better coffee.
    we sometimes add cream or milk – and sometimes add a vital protein poweder scoop- but if the coffee is good, black can be so tatsy!
    also, a lot of the names for coffee start with K….. interesting

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