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.
ANIMALCULUM
animalcule, animalculum
(noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
animalculum (plural animalcula)
animalcule
Source: Wiktionary
An`i*mal"cu*lum, n.; pl. Animalcula. Etym: [NL. See Animalcule.]
Definition: An animalcule.
Note: Animalculæ, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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