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.
EATAGE
eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass
(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eatage (countable and uncountable, plural eatages)
Edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of aftermath.
The right to let one's animals eat in a certain place; pasturage.
Source: Wiktionary
Eat"age (; 48), n.
Definition: Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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