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.
POSSETING
Noun
posseting (uncountable)
The regurgitation of milk after feeding, in newborn babies.
Verb
posseting
present participle of posset
Anagrams
• spongiest
Source: Wiktionary
POSSET
Pos"set, n. Etym: [W. posel curdled milk, posset.]
Definition: A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly. "I have drugged their posset." Shak.
Pos"set, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posseting.]
1. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] "She was cosseted and posseted." O. W. Holmes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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