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.
MIMIVIRUS
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
mimivirus (plural mimiviruses)
A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome
Source: Wiktionary
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REDEYE
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