Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CARRAGEEN
Etymology
Noun
carrageen (countable and uncountable, plural carrageens)
Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)
Source: Wiktionary
Car"ra*geen`, Car"ri*geen`, n.
Definition: A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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