Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BEDRENCH
Etymology
Verb
bedrench (third-person singular simple present bedrenches, present participle bedrenching, simple past and past participle bedrenched)
(archaic, transitive) To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*drench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching.]
Definition: To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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