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co'ffee (-fí) n. shrub of genus Coffea;
its seeds raw, or roasted and ground; drink made from the roasted and ground seeds;
cupful of, light refreshments with, this drink; light brown colour of white coffee.
[ult. f. Turk. kahveh f. Arab kahwa, the drink]
*ja'va¹ (jah'-) n. (sl.) coffee. [f. Java coffee] café, cafe, (ka'fa, ka'fì, joc. or vulg. kaf) n. coffee-house, tea-shop, restaurant, *bar; ~society, regular patrons of fashionable restaurants and night-clubs. [F, = coffee(-house)] obsi'dian n. dark vitreous lava or volcanic rock like bottle-glass. [f. L. obsidianus, error for obsianus (Obsius name of finder of a similar stone, mentioned by Pliny) |
to anyone who clicked their way here from the furthest reaches of the globe,
expecting fifty gigabytes of free applets, and especially to those who didn't!
That is, the good java, not the other java that clogs up the net with all
sorts of feeble nerdlike activities. If you live for that sort of stuff,
and don't know any other meaning for java, please reload a couple of times
to boost our counter, then try the
Not-Very Funpark. Thankyou.
Coffee. Java. Whatever. We all know what it is. Whether in the form of a freshly
brewed espresso at a fine French cafe, or as a month-old sludge lying at the bottom
of your favourite mug on top of a pile of disks, it is the source of invigoration,
quick inspiration and instant energy: a veritable font of youth. THIS IS ITS SHRINE.
Coffee itself is as old as the ages. Man has depended on caffeine as a source of nutrients for over twenty thousand years, but now it is in danger of becoming tired: the simple recipe of ground coffee plus hot water, or coffee plus water plus milk, is in danger of losing its power as an instant pick-me-up. Face it: nowadays, plain coffee is plain boring. It is up to man to save coffee as it has so often saved man (usually very early in the morning during work on an urgent assignment).
The java cafe is the repository for the recipes
and activities, and
a place to create your own virtual coffee mug with your own zany slogan!