Since coffee is made from beans does that make it a vegetable?

Here's why:

* Botanically speaking: Vegetables are the edible parts of plants, excluding fruits, seeds, and roots. Coffee beans, being seeds, fall outside this definition.

* Culinary use: Coffee is typically consumed as a beverage, not as a main course or side dish like vegetables are.

So, while coffee beans come from a plant, their use as a beverage ingredient sets them apart from vegetables.