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.
COLLIDINE
Col"li*dine, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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