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.
SHITTAHS
SHITTAH
Shit"tah, Shit"tah tree`, n. Etym: [Heb. shittah, pl. shittim.]
Definition: A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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