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Acarafe (/kəˈræf/) is a glass container with a flared lip used for serving liquids, especially wine and coffee.[1] Unlike the relateddecanter, carafes generally do not include stoppers.[2] Coffee pots included incoffee makers are also referred to ascarafes in American English.
It is used ascarafe in French, derived fromcarrafa in Arabic, from Persianqarraba which is a big flagon for wine or other liquids.[3]
In France, carafes are commonly used to serve water.[4] To order acarafe d'eau ("carafe of water") is to request to be served freetap water rather thanbottled water at a cost. In Greece, intavernas or similar establishments, carafes are normally used to serve draught wine. Carafes are also used to serve coffee; these carafes come in glass or thermal variants used for certain purposes, such as storing larger amounts of coffee without affecting the flavour or keeping the coffee warm for extended periods.
and therefore did not have matching stoppers
In France, carafes are commonly used to serve water.
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