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Why do they call a CUP OF COFFE, a CUP OF JOE?


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Coffee is sometimes called "joe" because of a once-popular song "Old Black Joe" written by Stephen Collins Foster. ChaCha 24/7!

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Joe is a slang word for coffee, so instead of saying a cup of coffee people say a cup of Joe. ChaCha!

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