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.
affinity, kinship
(noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; “found a natural affinity with the immigrants”; “felt a deep kinship with the other students”; “anthropology’s kinship with the humanities”
kinship, family relationship, relationship
(noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)
relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
relation or connection by nature or character
• pinkish
Source: Wiktionary
Kin"ship, n.
Definition: Family relationship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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.