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'''Arfé''' is the creation of artworks by staining with [[coffee]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E0D8163EF930A35754C0A96E958260 |title= About New York; Double Mocha With a Shot Of Watercolor |author=David Gonzalez |date=1998-07-03 |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref>

The term was [[Neologism|coined]] by Puerto Rican artist, [[Francisco Rivera Rosa]], describing his [[painting]]s of using coffee.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/03/nyregion/about-new-york-double-mocha-with-a-shot-of-watercolor.html ''About New York; Double Mocha With a Shot Of Watercolor.''] David Gonzalez. The New York Times. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 14 December 2011.</ref> The word comes from a combination of the words ''art'' and ''café''. Thus, ''arfé'' is a [[portmanteau]]. It is sometimes spelled arfe and pronounced like "barf" by its critics. This art is also known as simple as '[[Coffee Painting]]' or 'Coffee Art'.

Artists like [[Mira Chudasama]], [[Amita Chudasama]], [[Andrew Saur]], [[Sarah Thomas (artist)|Sarah Thomas]] and [[Angel Sarkela-Saur]] also paint with coffee.

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://web.me.com/coffeeartist/site/home.html Official ''Arfé'' Web Site]
*[http://coffee-paintings.com/ Coffee Paintings Web Site]
*[http://www.myglobalpage.com/creations/arfe-the-coffee-art Some Pictures of Arfé]
* [http://www.coffeeonpaper.co.uk Coffee Paintings by Sarah Thomas]

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