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.
LYTTA
Etymology
Noun
lytta (plural lyttae)
(anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.
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Source: Wiktionary
Lyt"ta, n.; pl. Lyttæ. Etym: [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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