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.
OVERPLUS
overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
(noun) extreme excess; “an embarrassment of riches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
overplus (countable and uncountable, plural overpluses or overplusses)
That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*plus, n. Etym: [Over + L. plus more. See Plus, and cf. Surplus.]
Definition: That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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