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.
NARCEINE
Noun
narceine (countable and uncountable, plural narceines)
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid contained in opium, occurring as fine white, silky crystals, slightly soluble in water, used as a substitute for morphine.
Source: Wiktionary
Nar"ce*ine, n. Etym: [L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. narcé\'8bne.] (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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