coffeemaker

plural coffeemakers · alternative coffee maker · alternative coffee-maker

1. A person who makes coffee.

   Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.

   1681, Thomas De Laune, The Present State of London, page 113

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   If your cook is not habitually a good coffee-maker, the coffee will most probably be sent in cold, thick, and weak—for want of some previous supervision.

   1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book, page 35

   To be sure it had to be taken without milk, but there was plenty of sugar, and when Rod passed his tin cup for a second helping, the coffee-maker's face fairly beamed with gratified pride.

   1892, Kirk Munroe, Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy, page 47

   One of the tests by which a Greek goddess is measured is the quality of her Greek coffee. There are many ways to prepare it, and a flawless result is uncontestable proof of proper technique. Medium, sweet, plain, “heavy” and sweet, “heavy” with no sugar, with or without a film of foamy bubbles are some of the many variations of an expert coffee maker. Can she prepare good coffee? She’s a goddess!

   2018, Katerina Tsemperlidou, translated by Alexandra Kalapothaki, Greek Women are Goddesses, AKAKIA Publications, →ISBN

   Synonyms: coffeeman, coffeewoman

2. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

   As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.

   2005, Bill Schneider, Second Chapter

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   There is also the Fountain coffee-maker, in which a body of steam, passing upwards through the body of ground coffee, carries over the infusion, which collects in a chamber.

   1883, A Cup of Coffee, London, page 79

   Synonyms: coffee machine