Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SAMSHU
Etymology
Noun
samshu (uncountable)
A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.
(inexact, obsolete or historic) synonym of baijiu.
Anagrams
• Shamus, shamus
Source: Wiktionary
Sam"shoo, Sam"shu (, n. Etym: [Chinese san-shao thrice fired.]
Definition: A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. S. W. Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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