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.
SOLSTITIAL
Adjective
solstitial (not comparable)
Pertaining to a solstice.
Occurring on a solstice.
Source: Wiktionary
Sol*sti"tial, a. Etym: [L. solstitialis: cf. F. solsticial.]
1. Of or pertaining to a solstice.
2. Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer. "Solstitial summer's heat." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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