咖啡

The pronunciations in different Chinese varieties originate from a variety of languages:

Variety	Pronunciation	Donor language and word
Mandarin	kāfēi	French café (“coffee”)
Cantonese	gaa3 fe1
Taishanese	ga1 fie2
Hokkien	ko-pi, ko-phi	Malay kopi (“coffee”)
Teochew	go1 bi5, gu1 bi5
Philippine Hokkien	ka-pé	Tagalog kape (“coffee”)
Wu	kha fi (T1)	English coffee

Other pronunciations, such as Taiwanese Min Nan ka-pi, Taiwanese Hakka kâ-pî, Teochew gia¹ hui¹ and Min Dong gă-pĭ, are likely literal pronunciations of the individual characters, inferred using the youbian dubian method.

咖啡

1. coffee (Classifier: 杯)

   煮咖啡  ―  zhǔ kāfēi  ―  to make coffee

   濃咖啡 / 浓咖啡  ―  nóng kāfēi  ―  strong coffee

   現磨咖啡 / 现磨咖啡  ―  xiànmó kāfēi  ―  freshly ground coffee

   特色咖啡  ―  tèsè kāfēi  ―  specialty coffee

   阿拉伯咖啡  ―  Ālābó kāfēi  ―  Arabian coffee

   我要喝杯咖啡提提神。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ yào hē bēi kāfēi tí tíshén. [Pinyin]

   I'd like a cup of coffee to refresh myself.

Just like the English term coffee, 咖啡 can refer to coffee generically, as well as coffee beans, ground coffee, coffee powder or a cup of coffee specifically. See the derived terms listed below for these specific terms.