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carafe

[kuh-raf, -rahf] / kəˈræf, -ˈrɑf /








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The tea-hued coffee, which he presented in an individual carafe over an ice sphere, tasted like Raisinets and wound up being the highlight of my search.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

“It’s not about me,” he said before fishing a malaria pill out of his suit pocket and chasing it with borrowed coffee from a nearby carafe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

It's simple, drip Intelligentsia, but it's served cold in a carafe alongside a glass packed with crushed ice, and, if you like, a smaller carafe of cream and a complementary slice of coffee cake.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2023

On this day she brought leftover kebabs, a carafe of Turkish coffee and a prayer rug.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

There was a carafe of water on the dresser.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Its glass carafes appeal to eco-anxious consumers who want to eradicate microplastics from their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

“I also check the temperature of the water and use preheated carafes and utensils to make the most stable cup of coffee I can,” he says.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

Holzer focuses intently on the tray in front of her — a portable mise en place loaded with shakers, glasses, ice, and a line of little carafes — prepping perfect petite mint leaves just so.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2020

We didn’t even have carafes at my house.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon


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