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.
ARRIERE
Etymology
Noun
arriere (plural arrieres)
(obsolete) That which is behind or subordinate; the rear.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*riere", n. Etym: [F. arrière. See Arrear.]
Definition: "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory.
– Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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