Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
FIORITE
Fi"o*rite, n. (Min.)
Definition: A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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