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.
IMPOSTURES
Noun
impostures
plural of imposture
Source: Wiktionary
IMPOSTURE
Im*pos"ture, n. Etym: [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone.]
Definition: The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.
Syn.
– Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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