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.
COTERIE
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coterie (plural coteries)
A circle of people who associate with one another.
An exclusive group of people, who associate closely for a common purpose.
Synonym: clique
A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
Source: Wiktionary
Co`te*rie" (k`Te-r"; 277), n. Etym: [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.]
Definition: A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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