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.
FERRITIN
ferritin
(noun) a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ferritin (plural ferritins)
(protein) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits.
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