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.
CETYL
Etymology
Noun
cetyl (plural cetyls)
(organic chemistry) The univalent hexadecyl radical C16H33- present in many waxes.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce"tyl, n. Etym: [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.)
Definition: A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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