moer koffie, noun

/ˈmuːr kɔfi/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans moerkoffie, moer dregs, sediment + koffie coffee.
Coffee made by boiling the grounds. Occasionally also partial translation of moer coffee. See also plaas koffie (plaas sense 1 c).
1987 ‘K. De Boer’ in Frontline Oct.–Nov. 42You can still win a vote or two with a superb piece of melktert and strong moerkoffie.
1988 Adams & Suttner William Str. 23Dadda..would get up at four and go to the big coal stove..and put on water and make a big pot of moer coffee.
1990 F. Bates in Style Oct. 76The pungent aroma of strong black coffee — muslin-filtered moer koffie — simmered up my nose from a billycan on the anthracite stove.
1991 Personality 6 May 25After the konfyt and the boere moer koffie,..Oom Pine Pienaar thought that we had not tasted the mampoer.
Coffee made by boiling the grounds. Occasionally also partial translation of moer coffee.
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moering tool, noun phrasen. phr.moes, nounn.
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