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.
ELDRITCH
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
(adjective) suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; “an eldritch screech”; “the three weird sisters”; “stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures”- John Galsworthy; “an unearthly light”; “he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din”- Henry Kingsley
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
eldritch (comparative more eldritch, superlative most eldritch)
Unearthly, supernatural, eerie.
Source: Wiktionary
El"dritch, a.
Definition: Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local, Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
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