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.
HUBBUB
hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer
(noun) loud confused noise from many sources
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hubbub (plural hubbubs)
A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
Synonyms
• See also commotion
Verb
hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubbing or hubbubing, simple past and past participle hubbubbed or hubbubed)
(intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
Source: Wiktionary
Hub"bub, n. Etym: [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.]
Definition: A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton. This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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