Coffee Coffee was an Earth beverage , made from the roasted bean - like seed s of several types of coffee plant s . There were also a number of comparable beverages from other planet s that were also considered to be " coffee " . Basic Earth coffee was generally served hot and was a deep brown in color , though it could be modified in countless ways – served frozen or cold , with cream , sugar , or any number of flavorings . It was usually high in the stimulant caffeine , and was used by many for these properties , especially in the morning . History . 20th century . In 1986 , Doctor Nichols had used a coffeemaker to make coffee in his office . The coffeepot was nearly half full with the beverage . ( ) In 2000 , Henry Janeway offered Shannon O ' Donnel decaf , expecting her to be disappointed , but she accepted it graciously . ( ) 22nd century . The alien trader D ' Marr , who was introduced to coffee in 2151 , thought it to be " excellent " . Upon learning this , Captain Jonathan Archer , who was bartering with D ' Marr , offered to have wrap him up 10 kilograms of coffee in exchange for the location of a shipwreck . ( ) The next year , Sub - Commander T ' Pol took coffee , in a thermos , to Captain Archer ' s quarters aboard , in an effort to rouse him from the mind - altering effects of a specific kind of radiation from a trinary star system . After washing Archer fully clothed under an ensuite shower stall , T ' Pol poured some of the coffee into the cup from the top of the thermos and helped him drink it . Once he tasted the beverage , a slightly disgusted Archer formed the opinion it was " lousy coffee , " though he continued to drink it nonetheless . ( ) While Arkonian pilot Zho ' Kaan was trying to rouse Commander Charles " Trip " Tucker in 2152 , Tucker groggily noted , " " I ' m no good until I ' ve had my coffee . " " ( ) When a group of Vulcan physician s came to " Enterprise " during an Interspecies Medical Exchange conference later that year , Captain Archer commented to Sub - Commander T ' Pol , " " You can bet they ' re not coming up for coffee and doughnut s . " " ( ) In January 2153 , Rianna Mayweather at one point poured herself a mug of coffee in the mess hall aboard the freighter , while there with Travis Mayweather , and proceeded to drink it . ( ) In the Arctic Circle later that year , coffee was in a thermos that was delivered by a researcher to Doctor Moninger , who commented it was " just what the doctor ordered . " Once the researcher left , Moninger began to pour some himself a cup of coffee . However , he accidentally spilled it on the ground . Jonathan Archer ordered coffee with cream from the drink dispenser in the mess hall while waiting to find the transport " Arctic One " , which had been assimilated by the Borg . ( ) Jonathan Archer was drinking coffee from a mug at the desk in his ready room when his pet beagle Porthos became agitated . Moments later , a spatial anomaly thrust the mug into the air . The coffee spilled out of the mug but became suspended in air , seemingly frozen in time . Although Archer later put the mug back on his desk , he left the coffee suspended . Soon thereafter , Commander Tucker was drinking a cup of coffee , alone in " Enterprise " s mess hall , when Lieutenant Malcolm Reed visited . ( ) Later in 2153 , when Jonathan Archer entered a saloon in North Star , a bartender offered him some coffee " on the house " , which Archer accepted and drank . He subsequently requested more coffee . This request diffused a high - tension incident involving Deputy Bennings and two cowboy companions bully ing a Skagaran named Draysik , who helped out in the saloon and from whom Archer requested the coffee . After Sheriff MacReady entered the establishment and enquired into Archer ' s intentions , MacReady persuaded Archer that the climate was too hot for coffee , so Archer exited the saloon . ( ) When Lieutenant Talas was assigned to assist Malcolm Reed with repairs to " Enterprise " , she found him drinking coffee in the mess hall . ( ) In 2154 , Captain Archer ordered coffee from the drink dispenser in " Enterprise " s mess hall , shortly prior to chatting with Dr . Phlox there . ( ) 23rd century . In an illusion created by the Talosian s in 2254 , Vina asked Christopher Pike if he wanted coffee while she was preparing for them to have a picnic in what was apparently parkland near Pike ' s hometown of Mojave . Vina told Pike the coffee was in a thermos that was hooked to a saddle . Though Pike fetched the thermos , he and Vina actually drank none of the coffee before their illusory surroundings changed . ( ) When helmsman Lee Kelso visited Gary Mitchell in the sickbay of the in 2265 , Kelso did so during a coffee break . ( ) Some junior officer s aboard the USS " Enterprise " had a low opinion of the ship ' s coffee in 2267 . When Charlene Masters offered coffee to her colleague , he joked , " " Is that an order , lieutenant ? " " Yeoman Rand ' s brew , which she phaser - heated after the galley lost power , was more welcome on the bridge in a time of crisis . ( ) When Hikaru Sulu and his landing party were stranded on the freezing surface of planet Alfa 177 , he asked that the " Enterprise " lower down a pot of hot coffee on a long rope . ( ) Captain James T . Kirk sometimes enjoyed coffee , but in 2268 , he was dismayed when tribble s that had infested the " Enterprise " got into his chicken sandwich and coffee that he had ordered from a food synthesizer . ( ) The Scalosian delivered an agent in a cup of coffee that accelerated James T . Kirk into the Scalosian time frame . ( ) Some believed coffee was capable of curing drunkenness or a hangover , as Dr . Leonard McCoy indicated in 2293 ; following an unsettling dinner with Klingon chancellor Gorkon on the in that year , McCoy planned to find himself a pot of black coffee . ( ) 24th century . In 2367 , Miles O ' Brien had been drinking too much coffee and was trying to cut back . ( ) In 2368 , Cadet Wesley Crusher invited Robin Lefler over to his quarters for a cup of coffee ; she joined him for dinner instead . ( ) While Jean - Luc Picard was most known for being fond of Earl Grey tea , his preferred breakfast menu , often shared with Beverly Crusher , was coffee and a croissant . ( ) He also enjoyed a French - press coffee and sandwich on route for a medical procedure at Starbase 515 . ) In 2369 , after Commander Benjamin Sisko ordered coffee from a replicator on ops , he yelled at Chief Miles O ' Brien , having thought that the chief had repaired the replicator . Later , O ' Brien ordered a " " Hot coffee , black , double sweet , " " and was surprised about the good coffee . ( ) While discussing the crew evaluation in 2370 in Ten Forward , a tired Commander Riker ordered two coffees from , a waiter , for himself and Counselor Troi . ( ) Miles O ' Brien preferred a Jamaican coffee blend , double strong , double sweet . ( ) Keiko O ' Brien believed he never drank coffee in the afternoon ; this formed the basis for Miles ' and Julian Bashir ' s rescue from T ' Lani III , only after which did Miles tell his wife that he drank coffee in the afternoon all the time . ( ) In 2372 , Constable Odo had a conversation with Garak in the replimat , explaining how he could simulate sharing the dining experience with others ( despite not needing food ) by " creating " food with his own body and reabsorbing it through a mimicking of eating or drinking , reproducing more if need be . In demonstration , he morphed part of his body into a cup of coffee . ( ) " In an alternate timeline , Julian Bashir joked that Jadzia Dax was addicted to coffee . " ( ) In 2373 , when Rom ordered egg s over easy , bacon and corned beef hash for breakfast , Quark sarcastically suggested that orange juice and coffee would be next , and Rom thought this was a nice idea . ( ) Captain Kathryn Janeway was well known for her addiction to black coffee ( with no milk or sugar ) . She consistently had a cup first thing in the morning , sometimes in lieu of breakfast ( ) , and often refused to start the day without it . Very rarely , sometimes she also enjoyed coffee with cream . ( ) She once attempted to give it up , without success . ( ) She also occasionally enjoyed what appeared to be espresso . ( ) By 2377 , Neelix was intimately familiar with her standing order , " " Coffee , black , " " as she had not changed it in seven years . ( ) " In an alternate future , Admiral Janeway gave up coffee after she returned to the Alpha Quadrant , though she quickly had a relapse after traveling back in time to " Voyager " in 2378 . ( ) Janeway ' s first officer , Commander Chakotay , also enjoyed coffee on occasion . ( ) Types . Iced coffee . Iced coffee was coffee served on ice . Raktajino could also be prepared iced . ( ) Geordi La Forge enjoyed an iced coffee while investigating the presumed death of Aquiel Uhnari in 2369 . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In the final draft script of , Uhura was referred to as " toying with a cup of coffee " during a private discussion between herself and Spock , on the ' s bridge . No such cup of coffee appears in the final version of that scene , however . In ultimately omitted dialogue from the final draft script of , Kirk told Yeoman Janice Rand , during a briefing , that he and his fellow senior officers " could use some coffee , " so Rand left the group with the intention of complying with the request . In the final version of the scene , not only is there no such reference to coffee but Rand seems to disappear midway through the scene , her sudden absence left unexplained . In the final draft script of , poured himself a cup of coffee and offered Kirk some coffee , before Stone began questioning Kirk in Stone ' s office at Starbase 11 . Kirk declined the coffee , eager to start the inquisition . This scene wasn ' t included in the episode ' s revised final draft script , nor is in the final version of the installment . A deleted scene from revealed that Beverly Crusher was fond of a type of coffee known as a Macchiato . In a deleted scene from , Ensign Stefan DeSeve tried to request coffee from a replicator but could only remember the name for it as " Vorcha ' ak " . According to collector and archivist Penny Juday , the specific mugs used on " Deep Space Nine " for coffee and raktajino were fabricated by a local fabricator and the art department used specific colors on the series . The red / burgundy ones were used at Quark ' s Bar , the green ones in Ops , and the light blue ones in the replimat . ( " Secrets of Quark ' s Bar " , DS9 Season 1 DVD special features ) In omitted dialogue from the final draft script of , Jonathan Archer offered Keyla Terrana some coffee one night , while they were at a villa Archer was staying in , on Risa . Keyla was unfamiliar with the beverage , so Archer explained , " " It ' s an Earth drink . I ' m sure they ' ll have something like it here . " " Lightly , he added , " " When people first meet , it ' s sometimes considered . . . traditional to have a cup of coffee together . " " As Keyla didn ' t want to " break a tradition , " Archer decided to order some coffee . When Keyla returned to Archer ' s villa the next day , she specifically requested " no more coffee " because she had experienced trouble sleeping . Archer apologized and remarked , " " The local blend ' s a lot stronger than I ' m used to . " " Trivia . On May 3 , 2015 , the International Space Station activated the first true zero - gravity Coffeemaker nicknamed the " ISSpresso . " Italian Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sent out a picture of herself wearing a " DS9 / Voyager " command uniform without rank device while drinking the inaugural cup in the station ' s observation module with Janeway ' s quote as a caption .