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.
ALCOOEMETRY
Al`co*öm"e*try, n.
Definition: See Alcoholometry.
Note: The chemists say alcomètre, alcoomètrie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.) Littré.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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