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.
BEMUFFLE
Etymology
Verb
bemuffle (third-person singular simple present bemuffles, present participle bemuffling, simple past and past participle bemuffled)
(transitive) To muffle up.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*muf"fle, v. t.
Definition: To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up. Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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