drinking a coffee vs having a coffee

Both 'drinking a coffee' and 'having a coffee' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They can be used interchangeably depending on the context and personal preference.

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drinking a coffee

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to the action of consuming a coffee beverage.

Examples:

I'm drinking a coffee before work.
She enjoys drinking a coffee in the morning.
He was seen drinking a coffee at the cafe.
Are you drinking a coffee or tea?
The students were quietly drinking a coffee in the library.

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As I was just saying, Mr President, this morning I was drinking a coffee in the Members' bar on the third floor.
Eleven years without going to a pub, without drinking a coffee, always trying to save a bit.
I've been drinking a lot of coffee.
You don't mind drinking from a coffee cup, do you?
Same as drinking coffee in a hotel sky lounge.
I can't stand those things. It's like drinking coffee through a veil.
It's just like drinking coffee from a hotel's sky lounge.
This isn't drinking stale coffee at a stakeout or... whatever you did as a bail bondsperson.
This... this guy, he's just a coffee drinking, soccer loving, hotel maintenance worker. Okay?
You clowns need to figure out your insurance information and come back to me in about two hours when I'm on my sofa, drinking whiskey out of a coffee mug.
I am not used to drinking coffee without sugar.
Since when are you drinking coffee?
She was putting on cream while he was drinking coffee.
All in favor of callie drinking coffee, raise your hand.
He's just sitting there drinking coffee.
Sittin' on porches, drinking coffee out of mugs.
Maybe she's already in her office drinking coffee.
He is reading his book while drinking coffee.
She's been drinking coffee like everyone else.
Cristina sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee and working on her poetry.

Alternatives:

having a coffee
sipping a coffee
enjoying a coffee
grabbing a coffee
getting a coffee

having a coffee

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to the act of consuming a coffee beverage, similar to 'drinking a coffee'.

Examples:

Let's have a coffee together.
She's having a coffee break.
Having a coffee in the morning is a nice routine.
Are you having a coffee now?
He enjoys having a coffee after dinner.

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Here you and i are just having a coffee while he's out squelching five-alarm fires in three seconds flat.
So I was having a coffee in Portland, and half-of-a-latte in and the little board in the cafe all of a sudden starts showing me that the next bus is coming in three minutes and the train is coming in 16 minutes.
I feel better now. I'm having a coffee.
Another up-side of having a coffee shop as your office is your friends can drop by and hang out whenever they want.
I feel better now. I'm having a coffee.
Here you and I are just having a coffee while he's out squelching five alarm fires in three seconds flat.
And it is a good consensus because those people who have voted 'no' in certain countries of the European Union are incapable of having a coffee together or of producing an alternative text.
You're not having a coffee? I am.
He may be having a cup of coffee.
I must have left them where I was having a cup of coffee.
Miss Burke, I'm sitting here having a cup of coffee.
(Theodore) I was sitting in my condo, just having a cup of coffee. I was looking out the window watching the ocean.
Having a cup of coffee with my Mom and my Dad.
To sit around, just the two of us having a cup of coffee, reading the paper.
To sit around, just the two of us having a cup of coffee, reading the paper.
We're not on show, we're having a cup of coffee.
What, having a cup of coffee is a crime now?
I was having coffee with a friend.
They always hurryus out at night, without even having time for a coffee.
l thought having a cup of coffee but, he is so stingy.

Alternatives:

drinking a coffee
sipping a coffee
enjoying a coffee
grabbing a coffee
getting a coffee

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