Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ABSTERSIONS
Noun
abstersions
plural of abstersion
Source: Wiktionary
ABSTERSION
Ab*ster"sion, n. Etym: [F. abstersion. See Absterge.]
Definition: Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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