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.
ASCESIS
asceticism, ascesis
(noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ascesis (countable and uncountable, plural asceses)
(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
(Christianity, chiefly, Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.
Anagrams
• cassies
Source: Wiktionary
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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