"Highbred" eggcorn

[Damien Hall]

I don't know anything about coffee (and clearly someone who subscribes to
alt.coffee does, Beverly!), but isn't it just possible that this isn't the
*hybrid* > *hi(gh)bred* eggcorn but a genuine use of *highbred*?  Aren't some
coffees prized precisely because they are grown at high altitudes?  The
interest would then be in their being transplanted to the low-lying state of
Florida.

Just a thought.  Please shoot it down if it deserves it.

Damien Hall
University of Pennsylvania

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