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.
FANEGA
Etymology
Noun
fanega (plural fanegas)
Any of various units of dry capacity, mass and land area used in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world; originally a unit of dry capacity used for grain.
A former unit of area, the amount of land that would be sown with a fanega of seed.
Source: Wiktionary
Fa*ne"ga, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Definition: A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 De Colange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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