refreshment between meals unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• coffee was used as refreshment between meals refreshment between meals 1702 ⟨American colonies⟩
  assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500

  In 1702, coffee in the American colonies was being used as a refreshment between meals

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'In 1702, coffee in the American colonies was being used as a refreshment between meals.' All elements (subject, predicate, object, time, and context) are explicitly supported without requiring outside knowledge or over-generalization.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. Viewpoint, stance, sentiment, time, and context all match appropriately. The quote is verbatim. Minor deduction: the passage phrases this as a comparison ('like spirituous liquors'), which adds a qualifier not captured in the claim's object field, but this is a minor contextual detail rather than an unfaithful qualifier per se.