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.
SOLATIUM
Noun
solatium (countable and uncountable, plural solatia)
(legal) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
(figurative) Intangible or emotional compensation.
• "But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).
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So*la"ti*um, n. Etym: [L. See Solace, n.]
Definition: Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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