Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ACIDULATED
Verb
acidulated
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
Source: Wiktionary
ACIDULATE
A*cid"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Acidulating.] Etym: [Cf. F. aciduler. See Acidulous.]
Definition: To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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