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.
CHALDRONS
Noun
chaldrons
plural of chaldron
Anagrams
• chlordans
Source: Wiktionary
CHALDRON
Chal"dron, n. Etym: [OF. chaldron, F. chaudron kettle. The same word as caldron.]
Definition: An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exlusively for coal and coke.
Note: In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs. De Colange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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