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.
HYPOPHOSPHORIC
Etymology
Adjective
hypophosphoric (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to hypophosphoric acid or its derivatives.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`po*phos*phor"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. Hypophosphoric acid (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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