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.
OBSOLETISM
Etymology
Noun
obsoletism (plural obsoletisms)
A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"so*let*ism, n.
Definition: A disused word or phrase; an archaism. Fitzed. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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