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.
SHOAD
Shoad, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schutt rubbish.] (Mining)
Definition: A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines. [Written also shode.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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