Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CONTEMPERING
Verb
contempering
present participle of contemper
Source: Wiktionary
CONTEMPER
Con*tem"per, v. t. Etym: [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.]
Definition: To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.] The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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