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.
EXHORTATORY
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory
(adjective) giving strong encouragement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
exhortatory (comparative more exhortatory, superlative most exhortatory)
Serving to exhort.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*hor"ta*to*ry a. Etym: [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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