I prefer tea()coffee.
W: Coffee?
M: No, thanks. I’m trying ______. It’s bad for my heart.
W: Coffee?
M: No, thanks. I’m trying ______. It’s bad for my heart.
--What would you like, tea or coffee? --()
— What about another coffee? —()
--Do you like coffee? --Yes, but I like tea()
— ______
—Yes, yes, I do. I have a coffee machine, and I like to treat myself to fresh coffee at breakfast.
—And start off the day well.
--Do you like coffee? --Yes, but I like tea()
— What about another coffee? —()
Coffee is made from the beans that grow in the fruit of the coffee plant. There are (1) usu____ two beans in each pod of fruit and harvesting is done by hand.
The word “coffee” derives from the Arabic “qahwah”, a word which was (2) ori____ used to describe wine, but which came(3)____ mean coffee. Coffee beans used to be chewed before it was discovered that they could (4)____ (boil) with water to make a drink.
Coffee drinking began in Arab countries in the 14thcentury and did not become common in Europe until the 17thcentury. At first, coffee was sold by chemists, but it made little (5) im____ until the first coffee shop opened and instructions about (6)____to roast and grind coffee were published.
In London, the first coffee housed-places (7)____ people met, drank coffee and talked-opened in 1652. In 1657 the King tried to close these coffee houses because they were reported to disturb “the peace and quiet of the nation”. They did indeed have a great (8) in____ on political and commercial life. Several modern banks and other (9)____(finance) institutions have their origins in these coffee houses.
By the end of the 19thCentury, the (10) dem____ for coffee had grown and there were a great many plantations in tropical Africa. Today, the world’s largest producers are Brazil, Colombia and the Ivory Coast.