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.
SECCO
Etymology
Adjective
secco (not comparable)
(art) dry
(music) dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
Noun
secco (plural seccos)
(art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"co, a. Etym: [It.]
Definition: Dry. Secco painting, or Painting in secco, painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet or fresh plaster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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