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.
BRAMBLINGS
Noun
bramblings
plural of brambling
Source: Wiktionary
BRAMBLING
Bram"bling, n. Etym: [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
BRAMBLE
Bram"ble, n. Etym: [OE. brembil, AS.brbramal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br. See Broom.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The brambling or bramble finch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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