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.
HAUSTELLUM
Noun
haustellum (plural haustella)
A sucking organ, in the form of a proboscis, in many insects and crustaceans
Source: Wiktionary
Haus*tel"lum, n.; pl. Haustella. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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