“It is significant that an early example appears in 1931 in the Reserve Officer’s Manual by a man named Erdman: ’Jamoke, Java, Joe. Coffee.

“It is significant that an early example appears in 1931 in the Reserve Officer’s Manual by a man named Erdman: ’Jamoke, Java, Joe. Coffee. Derived from the words Java and Mocha, where originally the ...

As well as coffee, the new Java Joe will serve up sandwiches and sweet treats like cakes and doughnuts. It will be open from 6am. The firm’s expansion marks another new coffee shop in the city.

Linguist Michael Quinion seems to subscribe to that theory due to the strength of its written record. “It is significant that an early example appears in 1931 in the Reserve Officer’s Manual by a man ...