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.
20th century, from Regulo, trademark for a type of thermostatic control on gas ovens.
regulo (uncountable)
any of a number of temperatures to which a gas oven may be set. e.g. regulo 4
Coordinate term: gas mark
regulo (plural regulos)
(historical) a colonially-appointed chief in parts of Africa
Source: Wiktionary
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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.