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.
FROSTBITTEN
frostbitten
(adjective) injured by freezing or partial freezing; “frostbitten fingers”; “frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frostbitten
Affected by frostbite.
Source: Wiktionary
Frost`-bit"ten, p. a.
Definition: Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
FROSTBITE
Frost"bite, n.
Definition: The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane.
Frost`bite", v. t.
Definition: To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite themselves. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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