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.
GULPING
gulp, gulping
(noun) a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
gulping, swilling, guzzling
(noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
gulping
present participle of gulp
Etymology 2
Noun
gulping (plural gulpings)
The action of one who gulps.
Source: Wiktionary
GULP
Gulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulping.] Etym: [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
Definition: To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Cowper. The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding. To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
Gulp, n.
1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.
2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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