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.
PUNDIT
initiate, learned person, pundit, savant
(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pundit (plural pundits)
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pun"dit, n. Etym: [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.]
Definition: A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also pandit.] [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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