A container or pot used to brew and serve hot coffee.
Compound of 'coffee' (from Arabic qahwah) and 'pot' (from Old English pott). The term became common in English during the 18th century as coffee drinking became widespread among European households.
The coffeepot became so iconic that it inspired industrial design innovations—the percolator (invented 1865) completely changed how people made coffee at home and looked like a miniature steam engine!
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