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.
CITHARA
Etymology
Noun
cithara (plural citharas or citharai)
An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.
Anagrams
• Cathari, Chaitra, cathair
Source: Wiktionary
Cith"a*ra, n. Etym: [L. Cf. Cittern, Guitar.] (Mus.)
Definition: An ancient instrument resembling the harp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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