Java was originally called Oak but its creator because he could see an oak from his office, but marketing people at Sun thought Java would be more catchy. Yes it's named after coffee beans, but it has no relation whatsoever to the language or the way it was created, it's just a marketing name.

I can totally see how that was an obvious decision in the 90s, the coffee shop craze was just taking hold in America, and it was such an exciting and fashionable thing to do to sip espressos and lattes.

Imagine a parallel world in which Java is called Oak and it's actually nice from inception, not just like nice after decades.

compared to C, java was quite nice

Yes, I am simply highlighting that programmers have not used descriptive names consistently... well, ever (reinforcing the point the GP made).

The entire premise of the OP is simply wrong.