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.
DEXTRALS
DEXTRAL
Dex"tral, a. Etym: [From Dexter.]
Definition: Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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