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.
ENIGMATIZE
Verb
enigmatize (third-person singular simple present enigmatizes, present participle enigmatizing, simple past and past participle enigmatized)
(intransitive) To make or talk in enigmas; to deal in riddles.
(transitive) To make into an enigma; to make mysterious.
Source: Wiktionary
E*nig"ma*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Enigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing.]
Definition: To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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