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.
EMBOUCHURE
mouthpiece, embouchure
(noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
embouchure (countable and uncountable, plural embouchures)
(music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
(archaic) The mouth of a river or valley.
Source: Wiktionary
Em`bou`chure", n. Etym: [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]
1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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