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.
SAMITE
samite
(noun) a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
samite (countable and uncountable, plural samites)
A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
Anagrams
• Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, semita, tamise
Source: Wiktionary
Sa"mite, a. Etym: [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. Six, and cf. Dimity.]
Definition: A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. Tennyson. In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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