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.
QUINONE
quinone, benzoquinone
(noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quinone (plural quinones)
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
Source: Wiktionary
Qui"none, n. Etym: [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.)
Definition: A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. [Written also chinone, kinone.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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