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.
MOLASSES
molasses
(noun) thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
molasses (uncountable)
A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.
Synonyms
• long sweetening, treacle
• sorghum syrup
Etymology 2
Noun
molasses
plural of molasse
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*las"ses, n. Etym: [F. mélasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. melaço, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf. Melasses.]
Definition: The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.
MOLASSE
Mo*lasse", n. Etym: [F. molasse, prob. fr. mollasse flabby, flimsy, fr. L. mollis soft.] (Geol.)
Definition: A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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