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.
AFFRICATION
affrication
(noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
affrication (countable and uncountable, plural affrications)
(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
(countable) A particular instance of such change.
Source: Wiktionary
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EXALTED
(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; “an exalted ideal”; “argue in terms of high-flown ideals”- Oliver Franks; “a noble and lofty concept”; “a grand purpose”
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