"lack of coffee" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in the context of discussing a shortage or absence of coffee, or in expressing a feeling of deprivation or withdrawal from not having consumed enough coffee. Example: "I couldn't function properly in the morning due to my severe lack of coffee. I need at least two cups before I can even think about starting my day."
"It's really nice to have McDonald's open again," said Victor White, 74, a retired construction worker who has lived in Detroit for half a century, unfazed by the lack of coffee because of the water shortage.
Customers in the neighborhood counted on Endicott for a quirky stock of general literature and books on the arts; the store featured a knowledgeable, if sometimes twee, sales staff, as well as a commendable lack of coffee products.
His appearance in a Uruguayan advert in which, dressed in a suit, he dives, blames everyone else in the office for the lack of coffee and knocks co-workers off their keyboards suggests humour and self-awareness.
Seated in the back of the cab hurtling down the Van Wyck Expressway, with a reporter in tow, Mr. Bohart, 36, alternately blamed a lack of coffee, jet-lag and a late night out with friends for why he misread his itinerary and arrived at La Guardia only to make a mad dash for Kennedy Airport, where his flight was scheduled to take off.
Audibert recognized a general lack of coffee culture in France.
The choice of the optimum jetting parameters was a compromise between the necessity of a high productivity of printing (high drop velocity) and high printing resolution (small drop relics diameters and lack of "coffee ring effect").
Last week at the Beijing International Book Fair, the largest gathering in the event's 19-year history, the mood in the cavernous exhibition center was buoyant, despite the barren decor and a lack of good coffee.
Another expression of backcountry hardiness was the lack of appreciation of coffee and tea.
When these men get riled up over minutiae — the lack of milk for coffee, a malfunctioning copy machine — it's not lost on theatergoers that their own work lives may seem just as mundane to outsiders.
A week later, a business reporter in Japan, unhappy over common reporter frustrations — lack of sleep, bad coffee, bossy press handlers and a newsmaker who did not take her question — lost her patience and tweeted, "Toyota sucks".
"I found the lack of a good coffee to be frustrating and unbearable," he said recently, sitting at one of the narrow tables in the packed cafe as a line of hungry office workers snaked out the door.
