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.
KINDLINESSES
Noun
kindlinesses
plural of kindliness
Source: Wiktionary
KINDLINESS
Kind"li*ness, n.
1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] Milton.
2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.
3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season. Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and kindliness of seasons. Whitlock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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