Coffee vs. Espresso — What's the Difference?

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. All fruit must be further processed from a raw material—the fruit and seed—into a stable, raw product; un-roasted, green coffee.

Espresso ( (listen), Italian: [eˈsprɛsso]) is a coffee-brewing method of Italian origin, in which a small amount of nearly boiling water (about 90 °C or 190 °F) is forced under 9–10 bars (900–1,000 kPa; 130–150 psi) of pressure (expressed) through finely-ground coffee beans. Espresso coffee can be made with a wide variety of coffee beans and roast degrees.

A hot drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (coffee beans) of a tropical shrub

A strong coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through darkly roasted, finely ground coffee beans.

The shrub which yields coffee seeds, native to the Old World tropics.

A serving of this beverage

Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica or C. canephora, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

The beanlike seeds of this plant, two of which are found in each fruit.

A drink that includes espresso as an ingredient.

The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant

Strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans

A serving of such a beverage

A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.

An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.

The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.

A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.

(intransitive) To drink coffee.

(transitive) To give coffee.

The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

The coffee tree.

The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.

A cup of coffee{3}, especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go.

A social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.

A color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.

A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;

Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans

A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee

A medium to dark brown color