cafetiere

/ ˌkæfəˈtɪə; ˌkæfəˈtjɛə /

noun

1. a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water is poured onto ground coffee and a plunger fitted with a metal filter is pressed down, forcing the grounds to the bottom

Word History and Origins

Origin of cafetiere¹

C20: from French cafetière coffeepot

Example Sentences

“For example, if you’re an instant-coffee drinker, something as simple as switching to roast and ground and making a really great cafetiere in the morning is a huge leap forward in coffee quality.”

From The Guardian

“It’s just a slightly more modern version of a cafetière,” he says.

From The Guardian

People came out of their houses to hand us paper cups of homemade wine, bottles of water, espresso poured right out of a big stovetop cafetiere and served with freshly baked biscotti, which we ate and drank in the saddle while the horses kept walking.

From New York Times

There is a cafetiere inside the hotel room.

From The Guardian

They include “Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair”; a self-portrait from London; the four huge, tilted portraits of Madame Cézanne in a red dress; the insouciant “Boy in a Red Waistcoat”; “Woman with a Cafetière”; “Man in a Blue Smock”; and the celebrated portrait of Ambroise Vollard.

From Washington Post