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peaberry

peaberry

1 8.6
A single small round coffee bean that grows alone inside a coffee cherry
  • noun
  • /ˈpiːˌbɛri/
  • Specialized
: peaberry
  • In specialty coffee shops, you can often find peaberry coffee on the menu for its distinct taste profile.

Examples

  • The unique shape of peaberry coffee beans allows them to roast more evenly, resulting in a smoother taste.

  • Riley followed the coffee directions—beans kept in the freezer—and soon had a huge pot of Tanzanian Peaberry to enjoy.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I brewed a delicious cup of coffee using peaberry beans that had rich and complex flavors.

Synonyms

coffee bean
vspeaberry
16 1.0

A small seed from a tree that people roast and grind to make coffee

is a specific small round single seed instead of the usual two flat seeds

Surface Forms

peaberry singular
peaberries plural

Morphology

peaberry = pea + berry (semi-transparent) = pea + berry

Formed from 'pea' + 'berry' so the parts are obvious, but the specific technical meaning (a single round coffee seed) is domain-specific rather than an immediately obvious general meaning.

Etymology

Peaberry comes from the simple picture of a single bean that looks like a small pea inside the coffee 'berry' (the fruit). So a peaberry is the single, round coffee bean that grows alone in the cherry.