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.
CARNIFEX
Etymology
Noun
carnifex (plural carnifexes)
(rare, literary) An executioner.
(rare, literary) A butcher.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"ni*fex, n. Etym: [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.] (Antiq.)
Definition: The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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7 February 2025
STORY
(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
Coffee Trivia
