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.
DESPITEFUL
despiteful, spiteful, vindictive
(adjective) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; “a despiteful fiend”; “a truly spiteful child”; “a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
despiteful (comparative more despiteful, superlative most despiteful)
Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
Source: Wiktionary
De*spite"ful, a. Etym: [See Despite, and cf. Spiteful.]
Definition: Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
– De*spite"ful*ly, adv.
– De*spite"ful*ness, n. Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. Rom. i. 30. Pray for them which despitefully use you. Matt. v. 44. Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. Book of Wisdom ii. 19.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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