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.
DISPASSION
dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness
(noun) objectivity and detachment; “her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dispassion (countable and uncountable, plural dispassions)
Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*pas"sion, n.
Definition: Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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