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.
PARGASITE
Etymology
Noun
pargasite (countable and uncountable, plural pargasites)
(mineral) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"gas*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Pargas, in Finland.] (Min.)
Definition: A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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