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.
CABOODLE
bunch, lot, caboodle
(noun) any collection in its entirety; “she bought the whole caboodle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
US slang, mid 19th century, thought to be from "kit and boodle"; "the whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848.
Noun
caboodle (plural caboodles)
(informal) Any large collection of things or people.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*boo"dle, n.
Definition: The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
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