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.
PARBOIL
blanch, parboil
(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly; “Parboil the beans before freezing them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
parboil (third-person singular simple present parboils, present participle parboiling, simple past and past participle parboiled)
To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
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Source: Wiktionary
Par"boil`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parboiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parboiling.] Etym: [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst Boil.]
1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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