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.
GOURMET
epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie
(noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gourmet (not comparable)
(of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality. [from 1820]
Usage notes
Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as artisanal (emphasizing the craft) for fine food.
Coordinate terms
• artisanal
Noun
gourmet (plural gourmets)
A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
Usage notes
Gourmet emphasizes interest in quality of food and enjoyment of eating, sometimes to an obsessive degree: someone who “lives to eat rather than eating to live”. By contrast, a gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality.
Synonyms
• foodie
Source: Wiktionary
Gour"met", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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