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.
OLEOGRAPH
Etymology
Noun
oleograph (plural oleographs)
(arts) A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting
Source: Wiktionary
O`le*o*graph, n. Etym: [L. oleum oil + -graph.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
2. (Painting)
Definition: A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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