Is coffee a solid liquid or gas?

Here's why:

* It takes the shape of its container: You can pour coffee into a cup, a mug, or a thermos, and it will take on the shape of that container. This is a key characteristic of liquids.

* It flows: You can pour coffee from one container to another. This is another characteristic of liquids.

While coffee beans are solid, and the steam coming from a hot cup of coffee is a gas, the coffee itself is a liquid.