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Can't I just say "have a coffee"?

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Rebecca

Technically, you can say "a coffee". However, "a coffee" is less clear than saying "a cup of coffee" because "a coffee" could be any type of coffee. To make the phrase "a coffee" more specific, you could say something like, "a coffee from Starbucks".

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