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.
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LATTER
Lat"ter, a. Etym: [OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and cf. Later.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts.
3. Recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania Locke.
4. Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak. Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest.
– Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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