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.
FRUCTUARY
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Noun
fructuary (plural fructuaries)
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.
Source: Wiktionary
Fruc"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Fructuaries. Etym: [L. fructuarius.]
Definition: One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything. Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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