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.
MOTTLE
mottle
(noun) an irregular arrangement of patches of color; “it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green”
mottle, dapple, cloud
(verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
mottle, streak, blotch
(verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mottle (third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)
To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Noun
mottle (plural mottles)
A distinguishing blotch of color.
A mottled coloration or pattern.
The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Mot"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mottling.] Etym: [From Mottled.]
Definition: To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Mot"tle, n.
Definition: A mottled appearance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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