percolating

Meanings

• verb

  The process of a liquid passing through a porous medium, typically a bed of coffee or tea grounds, in which the liquid absorbs the flavors and essential oils.

  - "The water is percolating through the coffee grounds."
  - "Let the water percolate for a few minutes before serving the coffee."

• verb

  To move or filter slowly through a medium.

  - "The air is percolating through the filter."
  - "The idea is percolating in my mind."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with percolating
colate , relate , create

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Variants

List of all variants of percolating that leads to same result
percolate , percolated , percolates , percolating , percolation , percolations

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Etymology

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The word 'percolate' comes from the Latin word 'percolare', which means 'to run through'.

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Trivia

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1. Percolating was the primary method of brewing coffee before the invention of the espresso machine.

2. The first coffee percolator was patented in 1854 by James Mason of Pennsylvania.

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Related Concepts

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1. Brewing: Percolating is a method of brewing coffee and tea, which involves passing hot water through the grounds to extract the flavor and aroma.

2. Filtering: Percolating is also a method of filtering a liquid through a porous medium, which can be used in various industrial processes and applications.

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Culture

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Percolating has been used extensively in the context of coffee and tea brewing. The process of percolating is crucial in extracting the full flavor and aroma of these beverages.

How to Memorize "percolating"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a cup of coffee sitting on a hot plate. Visualize the water slowly moving through the coffee grounds, absorbing the flavors and aroma.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'percolate' with the idea of filtering or extracting flavors and aromas.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Percolating is the process of extracting flavors through filtration'.

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