café mocha meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

café mocha

noun

Etymology From French café mocha.

Synonym of mocha (“type of coffee”).

I stood up, sudden. I said, “My parents are dead.” / “Mmm hmm,” he said, looking away. “We’ll soon share that characteristic, your parents and I. But why don’t you come in? Join me for a steaming cup of café mocha. It’s one of those International coffees. You know the commercials: for the moments of your life. But come, come . . .”1991, Stephen Beachy, The Whistling Song: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 229:
I am driven enough through life that I can easily go for weeks and hardly notice people. My best new project ideas come to me as I putter at a local mall with a cup of café mocha and mull over the question, “Where is there brokenness, frustration, and pain I can address?”1996, Steve Sjogren, “Appendix Two: How to Conduct a Serving Survey”, in Servant Warfare: How Kindness Conquers Spiritual Darkness, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Vine Books, Servant Publications, →ISBN, page 205:

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“I’m surprised you’re doing so much business this early in the morning.” / Les laughed, sitting the steaming cup of café mocha in front of Justin. “Can’t keep those kids off the computers. They’re turning into a bunch of little addicts.”1998, Susan Taggart, chapter 11, in Web of Intrigue (Portraits), Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 59:
I believe you met him during your first visit to Café Romeo. Didn’t he spill a cup of café mocha on your lap?2000, Kristin Gabriel, Bachelor By Design (Duets, 27; Café Romeo, 2), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 184:
Okay, if you are one of the many Americans that have found yourself attracted to coffee drinks (you know, the café mochas, lattes, café au lait and cappacinos^([sic])), there’s a lot you need to know.2002, Bronwyn Schweigerdt, The UnDiet: Painless Baby Steps to Permanent Weight Loss (Without a Day on a Diet), Phoenix, Ariz.: ACW Press, →ISBN, page 62:
Nostalgia. Walks down memory lane fill me with warm fuzzies—right up there with a warm bubble bath and a good cup of café mocha.2005, Michelle Graham, “The Lie We Buy: Beauty and Culture”, in Wanting to Be Her: Body Image Secrets Victoria Won’t Tell You, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 11: