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.
COUPURE
Etymology
Noun
coupure (plural coupures)
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Source: Wiktionary
Cou*pure" (k-pr"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couper to cut.] (Fort.)
Definition: A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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