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.
CORYPHAEUS
Etymology
Noun
coryphaeus (plural coryphaeuses or coryphaei)
(Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
Synonym: coryphée
(by extension) The chief or leader of an interest or party.
Synonyms: coryphe, coryphée
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
Source: Wiktionary
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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