Coffee & Tea word search word list

49 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Americano
• Aroma
• Barista
• Beans
• Bergamot
• Biscuit
• Blend
• Brewing
• Cafe
• Caffeine
• Cappuccino
• Chamomile
• Cinnamon
• Cortado
• Cream
• Cupping
• Darjeeling
• Decaf
• Earlgrey
• Espresso
• Filter
• Flatwhite
• Foam
• Grinder
• Herbal
• Honey
• Infusion
• Jasmine
• Kettle
• Latte
• Macchiato
• Matcha
• Milk
• Mocha
• Mug
• Oolong
• Percolator
• Plunger
• Pourover
• Roast
• Rooibos
• Saucer
• Scone
• Steeping
• Strainer
• Sugar
• Teabag
• Teapot
• Teaspoon

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Americano — Espresso lengthened with hot water
• Aroma — Pleasant smell
• Barista — Person who makes the coffee
• Beans — Roasted and ground for the cup
• Bergamot — Citrus that flavours a famous tea
• Biscuit — Small baked treat to dunk in tea
• Blend — Mix of different beans or leaves
• Brewing — Steeping or percolating
• Cafe — Coffee shop
• Caffeine — The stimulant in the cup
• Cappuccino — Espresso with foamed milk
• Chamomile — Calming flower tea
• Cinnamon — Spice from a curled bark
• Cortado — Espresso cut with equal milk
• Cream — Thick top of the milk
• Cupping — Tasting coffee professionally
• Darjeeling — Champagne of teas, from the Himalayas
• Decaf — Without the stimulant
• Earlgrey — Black tea scented with bergamot
• Espresso — Small strong shot
• Filter — Paper the coffee drips through
• Flatwhite — Espresso with velvety milk, Antipodean style
• Foam — Frothed milk on top
• Grinder — Turns beans to powder
• Herbal — Tea made from leaves other than tea
• Honey — Sweet made by bees
• Infusion — Drink made by steeping
• Jasmine — Star-shaped scented flower
• Kettle — Boils water for tea
• Latte — Milky espresso drink
• Macchiato — Espresso marked with a dab of foam
• Matcha — Powdered green tea
• Milk — White splash added to the cup
• Mocha — Coffee with chocolate
• Mug — Big handled cup
• Oolong — Tea between green and black
• Percolator — Pot that bubbles coffee up through a tube
• Plunger — Press in a cafetière
• Pourover — Coffee made by hand through a cone
• Roast — Cook a joint in the oven, or how dark the coffee beans are
• Rooibos — Red bush tea from South Africa
• Saucer — Small plate under a cup
• Scone — Bake served with jam and cream
• Steeping — Leaving leaves in hot water
• Strainer — Sieve for draining
• Sugar — Sweetener by the spoon
• Teabag — Leaves in a little pouch
• Teapot — Vessel for brewing leaves
• Teaspoon — Small stirrer

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.