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.
IMPANATE
Etymology
Verb
impanate (third-person singular simple present impanates, present participle impanating, simple past and past participle impanated)
(obsolete, transitive) To embody in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
Adjective
impanate (not comparable)
Embodied in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pa"nate, a. Etym: [LL. impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate; L. pref. im- in + panis bread.]
Definition: Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.] Cranmer.
Im*pa"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impanated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impanating.]
Definition: To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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