()きたて

ひきたて
noun
freshly ground
foodcooking
1. freshly ground; just-ground
Describes something that has just been ground, most commonly coffee beans, pepper, or flour.
Freshly ground coffee smells wonderful.
()きたて胡椒(こしょう)かけた
I sprinkled freshly ground pepper on it.
This café brews coffee every morning using freshly ground beans.

A compound of () (to grind) and たて (just done, freshly). The たて suffix indicates something has just been completed and is at its freshest. Almost always used as a modifier with : ()きたて〜. Most commonly associated with coffee, but also used for pepper, spices, and flour.

Common collocations

SIMILAR PATTERNS (〜たて):