The coffee break is a short break from work during which coffee or other refreshments may be consumed.
The coffee break correspons with the Commonwealth terms "elevenses", "morning tea", Wtea break", or even just "tea". However people outside the United States increasingly use the term "coffee break". An afternoon coffee break, or afternoon tea, sometime occurs as well.
Coffee breaks usually last from 10 to 20 minutes and frequently occur at the end of the first third of the work shift. In some companies and some civil service, the coffee break may be observed formally at a set hour; in some places a "cart" with hot and cold beverages and cakes, breads and pastries arrives at the same time morning and afternoon, or an employwer may contract with an outside caterer for daily service.
Gatherings for coffee breaks often take place away from the actual work-area in a desinated cafeteria, tea room or outdoor area. As well as a chance for sustenance, the coffee break provides time for gossip and small talk, or a time to smoke a cigarette (thus the alternate term "Smoke break".
More generally, people can use the phrase "coffee break" to denote any break from work in any arena; popular culture often potrays housewives as taking a coffee break in their kitchens. Celebrity magazines use the term "coffee run" to describe people going for a short coffee break in the morning at a nearby cafe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coffee_break
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