Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CALOTTES
Noun
calottes
plural of calotte
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• Colettas, alcotest
Source: Wiktionary
CALOTTE
Ca*lotte", Cal"lot, n. Etym: [F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.]
Definition: A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To assume the calotte, to become a priest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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