Kofi kana khofi uyezve koffi chinwiwa chakabikwa chakagadzirwa kubva kubhinzi yekofi yakakangwa, mhodzi dzemuchero kubva kune mamwe maruva anotumbuka mumbari re Kahwa. Kubva pamuchero wekofi, mbeu inoparadzaniswa kuti ibudise yakagadzikana, yakasvibirira chigadzirwa: kofi isina kubikwa yakasvibirira. Mbeu dzinobva dzagochwa, chiito chinodzishandura kuita chigadzirwa chinodyiwa: kofi yakakangwa, iyo inogayiwa kuita zvidimbu zvakatsetseka izvo zvinowanzonyura mumvura inopisa isati yasefa, ichigadzira kapu yekofi. Shoko rokuti "Kofi" kana "Coffea" rakabva kuChiarabhu قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa). Yakatariswa: 4.2.22