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.
BACKSHISHED
Verb
backshished
simple past tense and past participle of backshish
Source: Wiktionary
BACKSHISH
Back"sheesh`, Back"shish`, n. Etym: [Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give.]
Definition: In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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