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.
FAVA
Etymology
Noun
fava (plural favas or fava)
A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself.
Usage notes
The collocation fava bean is much more common, even for the plant.
Proper noun
Fava (plural Favas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fava is the 19242nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1409 individuals. Fava is most common among White (86.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.14%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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