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.
FLAKY
bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”; “famed for his eccentric spelling”; “a freakish combination of styles”; “his off-the-wall antics”; “the outlandish clothes of teenagers”; “outre and affected stage antics”
flaky, flakey
(adjective) made of or easily forming flakes
flaky, flakey
(adjective) made of or resembling flakes; “flaky soap”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
(informal, of a, person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
(informal, of a, thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely to malfunction.
Source: Wiktionary
Flak"y, a.
Definition: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts. A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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