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.
SIGMODONT
Sig"mo*dont, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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