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.
OXANILIDE
Ox*an"i*lide, n. Etym: [Oxalic + aniline + amide.] (Chem.)
Definition: a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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