Rio Nunez coffee

7.3

A coffee plant from West Africa that resists coffee rust and grows in places like Java

noun

Specialized

: café Rio Nunez

The plantation introduced Rio Nunez coffee to improve their crop's resistance to disease.

Examples

Many growers in Java prefer Rio Nunez coffee due to its hardiness.
Researchers are studying Rio Nunez coffee for its unique genetic traits.
I love Rio Nunez coffee in the morning.
Have you tried Rio Nunez coffee yet?
Many growers in Java prefer Rio Nunez coffee due to its hardiness.
The plantation introduced Rio Nunez coffee to improve their crop's resistance to disease.
Researchers are studying Rio Nunez coffee for its unique genetic traits.

Surface Forms

Rio Nunez coffee singular

Rio Nunez coffees plural

Morphology

Rio + Nunez + coffee

This is a compositional noun phrase meaning ‘coffee from (or a variety named after) the Rio Nunez region.’ A B1 learner who knows the word 'coffee' and the common pattern 'X coffee' (place or variety + coffee) can infer this meaning even if the proper-name 'Rio Nunez' is unfamiliar. The origin-labeling pattern for food/drink names is cross-linguistically frequent, so the overall sense is transparent.

Etymology

Rio Nunez coffee may come from the Rio Nunez river area in West Africa, where farmers found strong wild coffee plants growing by the water. Because those plants were tough and survived disease, the name now refers to a coffee type that is 'hardy' and 'resistant to disease'.