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.
COLLIQUATE
Verb
colliquate (third-person singular simple present colliquates, present participle colliquating, simple past and past participle colliquated)
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"li*quate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating.] Etym: [Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt.]
Definition: To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [Obs.] The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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