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.
EXCOCT
Ex*coct" v. t. Etym: [L. excoctus, p.p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d Cook.]
Definition: To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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