"Highbred" eggcorn

[Alice Faber]

Damien Hall wrote:
> 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.

Well, I'm the alt.coffee reader...I honestly don't think that this is
how coffee-istas would talk about various coffee cultivars, but I'll
keep my eye out for what they *do* say.

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