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.
DOUCELY
Etymology
Adverb
doucely (comparative more doucely, superlative most doucely)
In a douce manner.
Source: Wiktionary
DOUCE
Douce, a. Etym: [F. doux, masc., douce, fem., sweet, fr. L. duleis sweet.]
1. Sweet; pleasant. [Obs.]
2. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. [Scot.] And this is a douce, honest man. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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