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.
DISCUSSION
discussion, treatment, discourse
(noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; “the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic”; “his treatment of the race question is badly biased”
discussion, give-and-take, word
(noun) an exchange of views on some topic; “we had a good discussion”; “we had a word or two about it”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
discussion (countable and uncountable, plural discussions)
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
Text giving further detail on a subject.
(medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay. Discussion of a problem or an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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