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.
CLEPSYDRAS
Noun
clepsydras
plural of clepsydra
Source: Wiktionary
CLEPSYDRA
Clep"sy*dra, n. Etym: [L. from Gr.
Definition: A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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