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.
EOLITH
eolith
(noun) a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eolith (plural eoliths)
(petrology) Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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