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.
ACERBITY
bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness
(noun) a rough and bitter manner
acerbity, tartness
(noun) a sharp sour taste
acerbity
(noun) a sharp bitterness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acerbity (countable and uncountable, plural acerbities)
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Source: Wiktionary
A*cerb"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.]
1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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