Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BOULANGISM
Bou*lan"gism, n. [F. boulangisme.]
Definition: The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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