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.
CHECKERWORK
Check"er*work`, n.
1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.
2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. De Foe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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