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.
ASTRINGENTLY
Etymology
Adverb
astringently (not comparable)
In the manner of an astringent.
Source: Wiktionary
As*trin"gent*ly, adv.
Definition: In an astringent manner.
ASTRINGENT
As*trin"gent, a. Etym: [L. astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent. See Astringe.]
1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
As*trin"gent, n.
Definition: A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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