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.
KEXES
Noun
kexes
plural of kex
Source: Wiktionary
KEX
Kex, n. Etym: [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden. Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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