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.
MACHINATED
Verb
machinated
simple past tense and past participle of machinate
Source: Wiktionary
MACHINATE
Mach"i*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating.] Etym: [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.]
Definition: To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you machinate!" Sandys.
Mach"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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