Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
RAPHIDE
Etymology
Noun
raphide (plural raphides)
(botany) A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.
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