What bracha do I make on coffee?

Here's what you need to know

The blessing for coffee is 'Shehakol nih'yeh bidvaro' (By Whose word everything came to be), the same blessing said on nearly every drink apart from wine.

The specific rule is

The blessing (bracha) to recite before drinking coffee is 'Shehakol nih'yeh bidvaro' (By Whose word everything came to be).

Background

Coffee is brewed from roasted beans that are then strained out, so what you are drinking is water flavored by the beans rather than the fruit itself. That is why it does not take the tree blessing (ha'etz), even though the coffee bean grows on a tree. Nearly every drink other than wine takes 'Shehakol nih'yeh bidvaro', the blessing for foods and drinks that do not fall into a more specific category.

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