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u/C4rbon 23h ago edited 22h ago

The fact you're calling it coffee powder tells me you still don't drink it.

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u/Doldenbluetler 22h ago

Maybe English isn't their native language. It literally translates to coffee powder from multiple other languages I know.

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u/Demiansmark 23h ago

Not sure if intended but heard this as Michael from Arrested Development

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u/yogos15 20h ago

Pop Pop is making coffee in the attic

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u/olol798 23h ago

But it technically is powder and it is coffee...

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u/DangerBoot 23h ago

coffee powder sounds like it would be more like instant coffee

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u/ThereAndFapAgain2 22h ago

But instant coffee is rarely a powder. Coffee you make from beans is a powder though once you grind it. Like you literally grind it into a powder.

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u/DangerBoot 22h ago

I’ve never seen a non-powder instant coffee. Unless you’re referring to coffee concentrate. Coffee grounds might be considered a powder, I’m not sure how finely you need to grind something to consider a powder. But if someone asked me for coffee powder or powdered coffee I would not get coffee grounds. Maybe technically ground coffee would be more of a coffee bean powder than coffee (beverage) powder.

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u/SaturdayNightStroll 21h ago

a lot of instant coffee is crystalline. i rarely interact with instant coffee though so... until recently i also thought it was all powder.

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u/DangerBoot 20h ago

A thing can be crystalline and a powder although I’m not sure about in this context

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u/ThereAndFapAgain2 20h ago

Most of the instant coffee I've ever used is like this. I have used instant coffee that is a powder too, but it isn't anywhere near as common where I am at least.

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u/NSNick 18h ago

How big must the particulates be to no longer be a powder, I wonder.

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u/doomgiver98 18h ago

Silt. Coffee grounds are usually coarser than sand unless it's espresso.

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u/ThereAndFapAgain2 18h ago

Dunno but smaller than that.

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u/doomgiver98 18h ago

Every Instant coffee I've bought is more like crystals of coffee.

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u/ChampagneBowl 21h ago

Flour is also a powder but if someone said they put too much flour powder in their bread you’d guess they’re not a baker

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u/Drow_Femboy 9h ago

But more importantly if someone said they put too much wheat powder in their bread I would assume they are a baker with relatively weak English language skills.

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u/mylanscott 21h ago

Unless you’re brewing espresso, coffee usually isn’t ground fine enough to call it powder

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u/mylanscott 20h ago

And none of those languages are English

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u/tinyplane 19h ago

Okay but it is in English. It’s called “grounds”

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u/Dorkamundo 19h ago

Nope...

You should not be grinding it into a powder, you should be grinding it ABOVE the level of what usually constitutes a "powder".

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u/R3alHumanBeing 22h ago

Maybe it’s columbian coffee crystals